Yes, my dad and I have both collected them religiously. My dad goes to the bank the day they come out and buys a couple rolls of uncirculated ones. Our biggest problem is mint marks (coins are made for circulation in two places, Denver, which has the D mint mark, and Philidelphia which has the P mint mark)...we live in an area served by the Denver mint, so it’s hard for us to get our hands on quarters with the P mint mark.
We also collect mint and proof sets of every quarter for every year, so actually I’ve had all 50 states in mint and proof (and silver proof) versions for a while now. I’m a few P’s shy of completing my folder of ones I’ve collected out of circulation, but my dad can get me the D’s of any quarter I want. So I’ve got 3 maps (where I only need one mint mark) and a book with D’s and P’s, that’s going to be my bigggest challenge. I also started collecting the 1965–1998 quarters recently, figuring that eventually we’re going to see fewer and fewer of them (I don’t go pre 1965, because coins minted in ‘64 and before were made out of silver and you almost NEVER find one of those in change because the melt value is far greater than a quarter…but obviously if I find them I keep them, I just have no aspirations of getting a full set, which I think I CAN do with the post ‘65 state and non state quarters).
I collect all manner of coins, so these kinds of special collectors things are fun for me.
Oh, and BTW, I got an email yesterday, it said to hold on to all of your Minnesota quarters because the mint is recalling them. They don’t work in parking meters because of the design which was crafted by a Swede from Minnesota. Two dimes and a nickel taped together just seems to be too thick.
You see, I can tell that joke because I’m a Minnesotan.