I’ll continue to collect the entire silver proof AWQ until the end of the series. Then I’m discontinuing my subscription. They’re simply too expensive.

How many 2024 coins have you found in your change?

Kaiser, I have to give you that! There’s a pretty big difference between them. I’m glad you pointed that out and provided the photo.
Today on EBay, I posted this on a previous article, there was a
2021 D MS70 PCGS Morgan Dollar, First Strike Flag Label in an auction that ended today. Opening bid was $1050.00. It ended with no bids. The Seller has relisted it. They were going for $1500.00+ just a month or two ago! I also received an email today from Provident and they have raw/ungraded 2023 & 2024 Morgan & Peace dollars for $72.80. I’m happy I’m passing on these and actually I’m happy I sold my First Strike and First Day of Issue sets and my 100 plus others, mostly graded ones too. I think the Mint over does it on special coins by issuing them year after year. I can’t see these competing much with Silver Eagles like some may have thought. Keep it to one year issues and I think the results will be better for everyone. I think this Mor/Pea is going to end up a Dud too;) They look too digital and perfect for me. I’d like to see Cartwheels on these and I’m not seeing that 🙁

Kaiser,

You’re not alone with your concerns for completing a long run quarter series. I’m in great shape, but I never assume anything concerning health or longevity. It matters not whether you’re old(er) or young. I think the quarters have become something akin to an advertisement billboard, they’re always changing it with another ad I’m totally indifferent to. I’d like a quarter using a variant of the eagle on the reverse of the walking liberty half dollar. I guess I’m a sucker for the classics.

Kaiser, lol! 😉 I think I’ll keep it a secret and you all can guess if I like them!

Major D, I will concede that your photo of a proof looks much, much nicer than the one in this article! 😉

Kaiser,

I’m going to say he doesn’t like them. That’s my read on his comments. I agree with AKBob on his assessment of too many quarter series. I tired of them after the ATB series. Plus, they take too damn many years to complete!

Job creation was revised downward by over 800,000 today. The Fed will likely reduce the interest it charges by 50 points in September, at least that’s the speculation. Is a recession on the horizon…who knows when they can’t even accurately count the number of jobs added or lost per month. We probably won’t know until after the election cycle is over. I’m not sure you can use the declining demand for coinage as an indicator of economic stress. A lot of folks these day use plastic or direct pay to make purchases. Personally, I’ve only handled a few coins all year via commercial transactions and after searching a few really disgusting rolls of quarters from my bank, I don’t miss the experience. What exactly do folks do with coins these days that makes them look like they were dredged from a sewage plant.

And one of my points is that Republicans in Congress will resist removing the Lincoln Cent from circulation.

You’re right about 1992 (I made a mistake in the year…wasn’t ’91) and 2003. The drops were not as drastic as 2009’s drop (which was about 35% of 2008’s production), merely noticeable blips.

Yet while cent production was still seemingly high in 2009, it was still less than 50% of 2008’s production and only 32% of 2007’s production and quarter production for 2009 fell to about 21% of 2008’s totals.