Fun Facts 1 - 50 State and Territory Quarters
January 3, 2009

The quarter is Cupro-Nickel Clad - 8.33% Ni and 91.67% Cu.
It weighs 5.670 grams with a diameter of 0.955 inches
and a thickness of 1.75 millimeters. It has a reeded edge
with 119 reeds and a circulation span of 25 years.

Production of the State Quarters started in 1999 and lasted ten years with five
quarters issued each year in the order that the states entered the union. The Hawaii
quarter was issued in 2008. During the ten years time the production of the Washington
Eagle Quarter will be suspended. The quarters are minted in Denver and Philadelphia.
In 2009 the Territory quarters were added.
hence, a complete set will be 100 quarters plus 6 territory quarters.

The new quarter program has resulted in a huge increase in quarter production.

In 1998 - 1,867,400,000 Eagle quarters were produced.
In 1999 & 2000 - 10,901,872,000 State quarters were produced.
In 2001 & 2002 -  8,220,288,000 State quarters were produced.
In 2003 & 2004 - 4,682,400,000 State quarters were produced.
In 2005 & 2006 - 5,938,400,00 State quarters were produced.
In 2007 & 2008 - 5,150,640,000 State quarters were produced.
In 2009 - 636,200,000 Territory quarters were produced.
In all over 35,000,000,000 state quarters.
One of America's more successful coin collecting progams.

Approximately 2 per capita of each state quarter for collecting only.

Virginia, the 10th state leads in total production with 1,594,616,000 quarters.
Connecticut, the 5th state, is second with 1,346,624,000 quarters.
South Carolina, the 8th state, is third with 1,308,784,000 quarters.
New York, the eleventh state, is fourth with 1,275,040,000 quarters.
Oklahoma, the 46th state, is last with 416,600,000 quarters.

Generally the older quarters increase in value. Brilliant
Uncirculated 1999 - 2009 quarters from mint bags now sell for $1.00 to $2.50
depending upon the dealer and the coin. Enjoy your collection and join us for the
"America the Beautiful Quarters" program which begins in April with the release of
2-roll sets, 100 and 1000 coin mint bags of the Hot Springs National Park quarter.

It is quite possible that a complete collection of BU (50 of a given mint)
state quarters in a quality holder will be worth $200 to $300 in a few years.

It is estimated that over 140 million people collected
state quarters. Hope you had fun.

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