National Park Quarters

[papaT10932]

Any coin collectors out there? Has anyone come across any of the new National Park quarters yet? Two have been released into circulation (Hot Springs and Yellowstone) and I have not come across any yet. Has anyone else seen them?

P.S. I saw my first newly designed Lincoln penny over the weekend. No more Lincoln Memorial 

[Roadgeek Adam]

Any coin collectors out there? Has anyone come across any of the new National Park quarters yet? Two have been released into circulation (Hot Springs and Yellowstone) and I have not come across any yet. Has anyone else seen them?

P.S. I saw my first newly designed Lincoln penny over the weekend. No more Lincoln Memorial 

2011. Not 2010

[US71]

I've seen the Hot Springs quarter (in Kansas City, no less).

The Lincoln pennies are a series of 4 designs, but I've only seen the shield.

[florida]

The pictures of them look nice, but have yet to hold one in my hands.

Here's the reason why you may not see many of the 2009 coins, as these are the lowest mintages in 50+ years:
           
                                            Denver:             Philadelphia:
Birthplace Cent                      350,400,000          284,400,000    
Formative Years Cent             363,600,000         376,000,000  
Professional Life Cent             336,000,000         316,000,000
Presidency Cent                    198,000,000         129,600,000
Jefferson Nickel                      46,800,000           39,840,000
Roosevelt Dime                      49,500,000           96,500,000
DC Quarter                           88,800,000           83,600,000
Puerto Rico Quarter                86,000,000           53,200,000
Guam Quarter                        42,600,000           45,000,000
American Samoa Quarter         39,600,000           42,600,000  
U.S. Virgin Islands Quarter       41,000,000          41,000,000  
N. Mariana Islands Quarter       37,600,000          35,200,000

[Duke87]

I have all 50 state quarters, but somehow I haven't managed to see any of the '09 territory quarters or the national park ones yet.

[cu2010]

Is it bad that I'm still missing two of the state quarters?

I haven't seen any of the ones minted since 2009, either.

I did see my first new Lincoln penny a few weeks ago. I liked the Lincoln Memorial better...the shield doesn't look very good at all.

...then again, most of the money in this country is totally ugly, so why am I not surprised?

[agentsteel53]

...then again, most of the money in this country is totally ugly, so why am I not surprised?

it's gotten worse over the years.  I rather like the 1928 series of bills, and don't much like the 1996 set that has replaced it.  I was irrationally delighted to get an "old style" $5 the other day.

now this ...



that thing looks so good, I wouldn't even want to spend it!

[BigMattFromTexas]

I've got a D.C. one and a Hot Springs one...
BigMatt

[Scott5114]

...then again, most of the money in this country is totally ugly, so why am I not surprised?

it's gotten worse over the years.  I rather like the 1928 series of bills, and don't much like the 1996 set that has replaced it.  I was irrationally delighted to get an "old style" $5 the other day.

The S-type bills (1928) of unquestionably the most ornate and attractive, and the N-type (1996) are the blandest. The most recent bills, adding color, the G-type (2004) are a significant improvement from the N-type, but they are still not as ornate. The G-type $100 that's supposed to be coming out soon is a royal stinker.

[agentsteel53]

The S-type bills (1928) of unquestionably the most ornate and attractive, and the N-type (1996) are the blandest. The most recent bills, adding color, the G-type (2004) are a significant improvement from the N-type, but they are still not as ornate. The G-type $100 that's supposed to be coming out soon is a royal stinker.

where do you get the single-letter identifiers?  (S, N, G) 

I think some of the pre-1928s are certainly more ornate than the 1928s.  Well, the high-denomination 1928s (500 and above) have fancy backs, but even those aren't quite as elaborate as, say, this Series of 1880 $50 Legal Tender Note.



the backside of the $1000 Legal Tender Note of 1880 is even more ornate, but I couldn't quickly find one using google image search.