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Featured Quarter |
State
Quarters have become one of the hottest
collectible items to come along in
recent years as millions of Americans
continue to hoard them as each new
series is released. Further interest has
been sparked by the discovery of several
State Quarter coins with errors of one
kind or another in their production or
design and collectors continue to be on
the lookout for new errors.
The 50
State Quarters Program is a 10 year
project administered by the U.S. Mint
with the objective of issuing quarters
on a periodic basis commemorating each
of the 50 states comprising the Union.
The program commenced in 1999 and will
conclude in 2008. The new quarters
constitute legal tender and may be used
in commercial transactions.
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Year and States Honored |
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1999 |
2000
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2001
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2002
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2003
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Delaware
Pennsylvania New Jersey
Georgia
Connecticut |
Massachusetts Maryland
South Carolina New Hampshire
Virginia |
New York
North Carolina Rhode Island
Vermont
Kentucky |
Tennessee
Ohio
Louisiana
Indiana
Mississippi |
Illinois
Alabama
Maine
Missouri
Arkansas |
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2004
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2005
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2006
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2007
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2008
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Michigan
Florida
Texas
Iowa
Wisconsin |
California
Minnesota
Oregon
Kansas
West Virginia |
Nevada
Nebraska
Colorado
North Dakota
South Dakota |
Montana
Washington Idaho
Wyoming
Utah |
Oklahoma
New Mexico Arizona
Alaska
Hawaii |
Under the
program, new commemorative quarters are
being issued at the rate of 5 new
designs per year - each such coin design
honoring a particular state. The coin
designs will be released in the order
that each particular state ratified the
Constitution and joined the Union.
During
the time the program is in effect, the
U.S. Mint will cease production of the
familiar "Eagle" quarter - although
Eagle quarters already in circulation
will continue to circulate along with
the new State Quarters.
Each of
the new State Quarters will continue to
display the portrait of George
Washington on the obverse or "heads"
side of the coin. The reverse or "tails"
side of the coin, however, will depict a
special design unique to each individual
state and representative of that state.
The Governor of each state has the
authority to decide on the particular
design to be engraved on the reverse
side of that state's coin - although the
Secretary of the Treasury has final
approval of the design to be minted.
Anyone may submit a design for their
state quarter to the appropriate
committee in his or her state.
When
the program ends in 2008, the image of
the Eagle will resume its place on the
reverse side of the quarter. |
