State Quarters
do you ever think much about the change in your pocket? No one ever really did until the U. S. mint roll out its state quarter program in 1999. before then change was just change, and a quarter was no big deal. then in 1999 something changed. the U. S. mint introduced the state quarter program. People began to take notice of the change in their pocket. it seemed every time you turned around there was a new look on the face of the $0.25 piece. For the first time in a long while everybody was very interested in the new quarters.
The state quarter program ran from 1999 until 2008. the state quarters were released in the order that states came into the union. usually four or five quarters were released a year, and public demand for the quarters was through the roof. "during the ten years of issue (1999-2008) the U. S. mint more than 140 million American were collecting the 50 state quarter dollars. And in its conclusion in 2008, the series was hailed as the most successful coinage campaign in the history of the U. S. mint."(Deisher, unknown)
before 1999 no thought was given to the quarters that were inserted into a vending machine. with the introduction of the state quarter program Americans became interested in collecting coins, many for the first time. Many different types of books were marketed to hold one of each of the new state quarters. some had a map of the United States, and some were more traditional. how many books did you fill with these quarters?
References
Deisher, B. (unknown). Washington 50 States : Coin World. Retrieved April 15, 2009. from http://www.coinworldonline.com/search.aspx?st=state%20quarters&cat=cw
do you ever think much about the change in your pocket? No one ever really did until the U. S. mint roll out its state quarter program in 1999. before then change was just change, and a quarter was no big deal. then in 1999 something changed. the U. S. mint introduced the state quarter program. People began to take notice of the change in their pocket. it seemed every time you turned around there was a new look on the face of the $0.25 piece. For the first time in a long while everybody was very interested in the new quarters.
The state quarter program ran from 1999 until 2008. the state quarters were released in the order that states came into the union. usually four or five quarters were released a year, and public demand for the quarters was through the roof. "during the ten years of issue (1999-2008) the U. S. mint more than 140 million American were collecting the 50 state quarter dollars. And in its conclusion in 2008, the series was hailed as the most successful coinage campaign in the history of the U. S. mint."(Deisher, unknown)
before 1999 no thought was given to the quarters that were inserted into a vending machine. with the introduction of the state quarter program Americans became interested in collecting coins, many for the first time. Many different types of books were marketed to hold one of each of the new state quarters. some had a map of the United States, and some were more traditional. how many books did you fill with these quarters?
References
Deisher, B. (unknown). Washington 50 States : Coin World. Retrieved April 15, 2009. from http://www.coinworldonline.com/search.aspx?st=state%20quarters&cat=cw
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