A Union of States
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My Primary Proof State Quarter SetTHE STORYI have been an amateur coin collector since my youth in the 1960’s. My father was a casual coin collector with a few folders and a propensity to pack rat away any old coins he happened to come across. I actually think my mother was more of a coin collector albeit a closet collector. She had a much better sense of what she was doing and tended to store and categorize the coins much better than my father did. She also worked as a bank teller for many years and was a great source of old circulated coins. In my youth I found the old coin folders just didn’t cut it for me. I took it to the next level and would save my money until I could afford albums so I could see both the obverse and reverse sides of my coins.Ironically, quarters were never one of my favorite coins. I much preferred pennies particularly Indian Head Pennies of which I only had one or two. I also was drawn to Franklin and Kennedy Half Dollars and Winged Liberty Dimes. Washington Quarters just seemed plain and lacking in substance. I only saw a few Standing Liberty Quarters and I knew I couldn’t afford those and I don’t think I ever saw a Barber Quarter until many years later. I don’t think I even realized a Liberty Seated Quarter or Bust Quarters even existed. I certainly wasn’t aware of the difference in composition until I got more involved in collecting. As a kid, I was collecting strictly for eye appeal.As I grew older, coin collecting faded into the background and the treasured collections from my youth got carefully put into a box and stored in the back of a closet. After I graduated from college, I pulled my collection out again. I added some coins for a while mostly Proof and Mint sets, Modern Commemoratives, and some early Silver Eagles. Life intervened again and the coins got stored in the back of a closet again. Last spring my mother died, sadly, and my father realized he needed to put his affairs in order in case something happened to him. He dug out all of the coins he and my mother had hoarded and gave them to me. (My mother had managed to accumulate more than 120 pounds in pennies alone.) I got several coffee cans and cigar boxes of rolled and loose pennies, Wheat, Memorial and a few Indian Head. I also got all of the silver coins, mint sets, proof sets, commemoratives and folders that they had manage to accumulate.This summer, like ever summer, my two youngest sons, 13 and 14 years old, came to spend their vacation with me. My youngest son really liked the different designs on the reverse of the state quarters, particularly the Grizzly Bear on the back of the Alaska State Quarter. My coins came back out of the closet and my son and I spent many hours going through the collection. I got him a set of State Quarter folders and he started his circulated collection. He actually has a pretty good for looking at coins and picking up minor imperfections and selecting the best of the available coins. And while I thoroughly enjoyed ever second spent with my son, even the state quarters didn’t really excite me too much. As I started to upgrade my sets after my son returned to his home with my ex-wife, I started to develop a fascination with graded coins. I had never really given graded coins much consideration before this summer but they started to peak my interest as a new collecting challenge so I took the plunge. I considered the various options and finally decided that I would build a Proof State Quarter Set. My choice was based as much on the affordability of PF70 coins as it was a complement to my son’s circulated set. In this graded Proof State Quarter set, I have finally found an appreciation for quarters. I am not sure where this first set of quarters will lead me. I suspect I will also start a Proof Set of the National Park Quarters starting next year, 2010.THE COINS001) 2008 S – Arizona – Silver (PF70UC): Acqd Oct 31, 2009002) 2008 S – New Mexico – Silver (PF69UC): Acqd Nov 10, 2009003) 2007 S – Idaho – Clad (PF70UC): Acqd Nov 12, 2009004) 2008 S – Arizona – Clad (PF70UC): Acqd Dec 04, 2009005) 2008 S – Alaska – Silver (PR70UC): Acqd Dec 10, 2009006) 2005 S – Minnesota – Clad (PF70UC): Acqd Dec 16, 2009007) 2005 S – Oregon – Clad (PF69UC): Acqd Dec 17, 2009008) 2008 S – Hawaii – Silver (PF70UC): Acqd Dec 21, 2009009) 2004 S – Florida – Silver (PF70UC): Acqd Dec 21, 2009010) 2006 S – North Dakota – Clad (PF70UC): Acqd Jan 04, 2010011) 2005 S – West Virginia – Clad (PF70UC): Acqd Jan 23, 2010012) 2008 S – New Mexico – Clad (PF70UC): Acqd Apr 02, 2010013) 2007 S – Idaho – Silver (PF70UC): Acqd Oct 20, 2010014) 2008 S – Oklahoma – Silver (PF70UC): Acqd Oct 14, 2010015) 2006 S – Nebraska – Clad(PF70UC): Acqd Oct 27, 2010016) 2005 S – Oregon – SIlver (PF70UC): Acqd Nov 29, 2010
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A Union of States
By E4norbi
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