# I got a question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-question/28132>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 4, 2000, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-question/28132 "2000-08-04T15:54:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![filthy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@filthy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filthy)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2000, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-question/28132/1 "2000-08-04T15:54:33Z")

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…about the new quarters. These things are being shilled all over television and being sold by the bag full for something more than face value. They’re even walloping fancy, painted ones and a cardboard book to keep them in.

So, what I’m wondering is if they will ever be worth more than a lousey twenty five cents? Or is this yet another freakin’ rip-off?

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**Author:** ![SqrlCub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SqrlCub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SqrlCub)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2000, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-question/28132/2 "2000-08-04T15:56:15Z")

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They will probably be worth something in a hundred years kind of like the buffalo quarter. This is mostly due to the limited mint time of each quarter. Will I collect them ever? Nope.

HUGS!  
Sqrl

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**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2000, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-question/28132/3 "2000-08-05T01:39:20Z")

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From what little I know, I believe things like this that are meant to become collectible never actually do. There are so many of them, with so many people thinking they’re clever for saving them, that they never get really valuable.

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**Author:** ![filthy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@filthy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filthy)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2000, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-question/28132/4 "2000-08-05T01:51:53Z")

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Is there no end to the gullibility of homo sapiens?

Thanks, Y’all.

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**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2000, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-question/28132/5 "2000-08-05T02:33:00Z")

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_Wonderfully_ descriptive thread title, BTW. :rolleyes: