@WestRiverrat I’m not saying ALL, coins should be treated this way, but the 50-state quarter thing was done by so many people, I have a hard time seeing these collections being scarse in the future. And who knows, if you grandfather had bought shares of the right stocks and rolled the dividends over in an account for you, you might be able to afford a room full of quarter eagle gold pieces.
I think coin collecting can be fun for some people, and there’s nothing wrong with having hobbies like that, but I just don’t want the OP to delude herself into thinking these will make a particularly lucrative investment for her grandchildren one day. It still might be something fun to have and show them.