Comments on: What to do with those State Quarter maps?

By: Carolyn

Carolyn — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 06:55:44 +0000

Who would want a set of state quarters set in a U.S. map? An elementary school teacher, of course. Sell it on Ebay and make a little profit!

By: David

David — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:38:15 +0000

I have to admit, I got a quarter map as a gift for Christmas a few years ago, and threw it away.

I didn’t see a point of storing the map, or holding onto the money.

If I were you, I’d try to sell it for a profit on eBay (as long as you make enough money for shipping and your time). If that doesn’t work, spend away!

By: Travis

Travis — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:32:07 +0000

I would go the selling route as well. You’d be surprised how many people will think the quarter collection is going to be worth a lot one day. I think you could easily double your money.

By: nickel

nickel — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 04:46:55 +0000

Interesting quandary. It kinda makes me glad that we never got around to getting ourselves one of these maps. The eBay angle is interesting. If you can turn a profit, why not? You might even be able to sell the collection of 50 quarters minus the map for a profit — people will buy (and overpay) for just about anything on eBay. If you can pull that off, then you can reuse the map create another collection, and then repeat.

By: thomas

thomas — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:50:32 +0000

eBay might be the way to go, or even craigslist as a cheaper alternative. Definitely one of those now what projects.

By: Lamar

Lamar — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 20:37:53 +0000

a pretty good metaphor for life itself, huh?

By: Mr. ToughMoneyLove

Mr. ToughMoneyLove — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 14:34:31 +0000

I share your problem. Our sons collected the quarters as well then stopped about 3/4 through as they moved on to girls and cars. I would stack them and save them for a trip to Vegas so I could dramatically one-by-one put them in a quarter slot machine. They must be lucky quarters, right?

By: Bill

Bill — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 13:16:57 +0000

Sell it on Ebay! Looks like (if you’re not greedy) you could double the quarter value (get maybe 25 bux). Of course, this would probably equate to a break-even status when you account for the cost of the map.

By: Curtis

Curtis — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 12:48:00 +0000

As I am not one who ever had a desire to collect state quarters, doing it over again would just seem tedious to me. I’d probably use or save the coins and give away the map. A quick search on eBay shows me that it probably isn’t worth the hassle of trying to sell it.

And for the record, people will look at you funny if you pay for something with a roll of quarters.