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	United States Commemorative Statehood Quarters
		River City Coins also offers Uncirculated 5-coin statehood quarter sets from both mints packaged in a custom Whitman plastic case as well as the mint issued 5-coin Statehood Quarter Proof Sets (see below).
		Five Coin Uncirculated Statehood Quarter Sets in Whitman Plastic Case
		The quarters are produced and issued in the order that the various states became part of the United States.
	www.rivercitycoins.com /uscoins/statehoodqtrs/statehoodqtr.html (283 words)

	50 States Commemorative Circulating Coin Program
		History: The United States Commemorative Coin Act of 1996 cointained a section authorizing a study to determine the feasibility of the 50 States Commemorative Circulating Quarter program, and recommending it be implemented if it the study was positive.
		March 18th - Current status of the program, from Coin World - Legislation authorizing a rearrangement of mandated inscriptions on the 50 states circulating commemorative quarter dollars is now pending in the House, and the Mint is providing design templates to the first five states whose coins are due to make their debut in 1999.
		Five State Quarters will be issued every year in the order that they ratified the Constitution or were admitted to the Union.
	www-cs-students.stanford.edu /~erikr/zz.html (546 words)

	Coins US Cents Nickels Dimes Quarters Half Dollars Gold Silver Coin United States
		This ten-year coin folder provides 100 coin slots, one for each Statehood Quarter from both the Philadelphia and Denver Mints, and is the only way to collect all 100 quarters in a single coin folder volume.
		Whitman Coin Products is proud to offer the collector a new deluxe 50-state commemorative quarter coin folder.
		It also includes basic coin collecting information such as how coins are produced, mints and mint marks, grading of coins, location of mint marks, preserving and cleaning coins, the history of mints, and detailed descriptions of all U.S. copper, nickel, silver and gold coins.
	www.walterswebs.com /coin.htm (436 words)

	United States coinage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Furthermore, the coins' inscriptions do not follow a consistent pattern of describing the value in cents: "One Cent" (penny), "Five Cents" (nickel) "One Dime" (dime, worth 10 cents), "Quarter Dollar" (quarter, worth 25 cents), and "Half Dollar" (worth 50 cents); knowledge of these terms is required for visitors.
		Both the one cent (penny) and the five cent (nickel) are larger than the dime, worth ten cents, and the less common 50-cent coin is larger than the recent Sacagawea and Susan B. Anthony dollar coins.
		All are produced by the United States Mint, which sells them to the United States Federal Reserve Banks, who are responsible for putting coins into circulation and withdrawing them from circulation, as demanded by the economy.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_States_Coin (600 words)

	U.S. Treasury - Fact Sheet on the History of"In God We Trust"
		It also has appeared on all gold coins and silver dollar coins, half-dollar coins, and quarter-dollar coins struck since
		It was also placed on the silver dollar coin, the half-dollar coin and the quarter-dollar coin, and on the nickel three-cent coin beginning in 1866.
		January 18, 1837, prescribed the mottoes and devices that should be placed upon the coins of the United States.
	www.ustreas.gov /education/fact-sheets/currency/in-god-we-trust.html (1158 words)

	state quarters, uncirculated state quarters
		The are 5 state quarters issued every year until the last quarter is issued in 2008.
		One of the first errors noticed on the quarters was the heavy die polishing on the Delaware state quarters.
		Collecting state quarters has really taken off since 1999 when the first state quarters were available.
	www.quarterstore.com (253 words)

	US CODE: Title 31,5112. Denominations, specifications, and design of coins
		In general.— The designs for the quarter dollar coins issued during each year of the 10-year period referred to in paragraph (1) shall be emblematic of 5 States selected in the order in which such States ratified the Constitution of the United States or were admitted into the Union, as the case may be.
		Single state designs.— The design on the reverse side of each quarter dollar issued during the 10-year period referred to in paragraph (1) shall be emblematic of 1 of the 50 States.
		The 5-cent coin is an alloy of 75 percent copper and 25 percent nickel.
	www4.law.cornell.edu /uscode/31/5112.html (1948 words)

	The United States Mint
		The 2005 United States Mint Uncirculated Coin Set® includes twenty-two satin finish uncirculated-quality coins minted by both the United States Mint at Philadelphia and Denver.
		United States Mint Recovers 10 Famed Double Eagles
		United States Mint Offers Second Nickel of 2005 Westward Journey Nickel Series in Two-Roll Sets & Bags
	www.usmint.gov (1948 words)

	United States dollar coin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Susan B. Anthony dollar coins were sometimes referred to as "Carter quarters." This was a snide reference to both the deterioration of the value of the dollar during Jimmy Carter's term and the Anthony dollar's strong physical resemblance to the quarter, often causing it to be mistakenly spent as such.
		While dollar coins are used infrequently in general commerce, they are used in place of tokens in some areas and are given as change in many United States Postal Service stamp vending machines, creating a relatively small but significant demand.
		Original silver dollars from this period are highly prized by coin collectors and are exceptionally valuable, especially the 1804 silver dollar, which is one of the rarest and most famous coins in the world.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_States_dollar_coin (1708 words)

	Information About the Susan B. Anthony Dollar
		Susan B. Anthony was the first women to be honored by having her likeness appear on a circulating United States coin.
		Ultimately, the United States Mint produced 888,842,452 Susan B. Anthony coins for circulation.
		This law amended the Coinage Act of 1965, changing the size, weight, and design of the one-dollar coin.
	www.susanbanthonyhouse.org /dollar.htm (222 words)

	104-329.htm
		The designs for quarter dollar coins issued during each year of the program shall be emblematic of States which have not previously been commemorated under the program.
		(B) Design of coins.--The design of the coins minted under this paragraph shall be emblematic of the 150th anniversary of the death of Dolley Madison and the life and achievements of the wife of the fourth President of the United States.
		Section 5131 of title 31, United States Code, is amended-- (1) by striking subsection (c); and (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c).
	www.nps.gov /legal/laws/104th/104-329.htm (2165 words)

	United States Type Coin Mintages in Ascending Order
		The half dollar and dollar are now basically non circulating collector coins.
		They are low mintage, and in demand both as a type coin and by collectors of the state quarter series.
		Also, many gold coins, especially those struck prior to 1834, were extensively melted, as their gold content came to exceed their face value in bullion markets.
	pweb.netcom.com /~jhm/type-mintages-final.htm (1105 words)

	John Muir Yosemite California State Quarter Coin - John Muir Exhibit
		The California quarter-dollars are available in two-roll sets (40 coins per roll), including one roll each from the United States Mint facilities at Philadelphia and Denver, and in bags of 100 and 1,000 coins.
		The United States Mint announced today that commemorative quarter-dollar coins honoring California, the first coin in the United States Mint’s 50 State Quarters® Program to be released in 2005, will go on sale beginning January 31, 2005, at 12:00 noon (ET), and will be available for purchase during the 10-week release period.
		The U.S. Mint has announced that the new California State Quarter, including Bags and Two-Roll Sets of the new 25-cent piece, will be available for a ten-week period, beginning January 31, 2005.
	www.sierraclub.org /john_muir_exhibit/coin (725 words)

	United States dollar coin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dollar coins have found little popular acceptance in modern circulation in the United States, despite several attempts since 1971 to phase-in a coin in place of the one-dollar bill.
		Susan B. Anthony dollar coins were sometimes referred to as "Carter quarters." This was a snide reference to both the deterioration of the value of the dollar during Jimmy Carter's term and the Anthony dollar's strong physical resemblance to the quarter, often causing it to be mistakenly spent as such.
		Original silver dollars from this period are highly prized by coin collectors and are exceptionally valuable, especially the 1804 silver dollar, which is one of the rarest and most famous coins in the world.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_States_dollar_coin (1848 words)

	History of the Sacagawea Dollar
		In December 1997, the President signed into law the United States Dollar Coin Act of 1997, requiring the Treasury Department to place into circulation a new one dollar coin, similar in size to the Susan B. Anthony one dollar coin.
		It will also have a "distinctive edge," which means that it will not display the reeded edge as seen on the quarter or the Susan B. Anthony dollar coin.
		The reverse of the coin was required by statute to depict an eagle; the design of the obverse was left to the discretion of the Secretary.
	www.coinfacts.com /historical_notes/history_of_the_sacagawea_dollar.htm (1135 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/United States dollar coin
		Susan B. Anthony dollar coins were sometimes referred to as "Carter quarters." This was a snide reference to both the deterioration of the value of the dollar during Jimmy Carter's term and the Anthony dollar's strong physical resemblance to the quarter, often causing it to be mistakenly spent as such.
		While dollar coins are used infrequently in general commerce, they are used in place of tokens in some areas and are given as change in many United States Postal Service stamp vending machines, creating a relatively small but significant demand.
		Dollar coins have found little popular acceptance in modern circulation in the United States, despite several attempts since the late 1970s to phase-in a coin in place of the one-dollar bill.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/United_States_dollar_coin (1841 words)

	cal-qtr
		According to many numismatists, the first gold United States Commemorative coin was this 1848 Quarter Eagle produced with the stamp "CAL." on the reverse to create a souvenir of the California Gold Rush.
		For that reason, many believe that this coin was a forerunner of later Gold Commemorative coinage.
		This is a spectacular rarity that encompasses the American west, the California Gold Rush, and the heart of 19th century a coin struck from the very ore that sent an entire nation to the West.
	www.blanchardonline.com /AmericanRarities/archive-01/cal-qtr/body_cal-qtr.html (481 words)

	Professional Coin Grading Service is the Premier Internet Site for Collectors of Coins.
		As noted earlier, the first official United States commemorative coin was really the 1848 CAL. gold quarter eagle, of which 1,389 were minted, but standard reference books do not recognize this, and it is "proper" to state that the first commemorative coin was the 1892 Columbian silver half dollar.
		However, in California 1851 and 1852 $50 pieces were produced under the auspices of the United States government and circulated widely.
		At one time it was proposed that coins of the latter denomination be produced for circulation, to be called the "half union," but the idea never progressed beyond pattern form.
	www.pcgs.com /coinguidetext_static/recommend87.chtml (534 words)

	The United States Commemorative State Quarter Program (Lesson Plan)
		Inform them that the coins are being minted over a ten-year period to commemorate each of the 50 states, and they are being issued in the order that the states entered into the Union.
		Have students create a coin for a state of their choosing (even if one has already been minted), after studying that state's history.
		View the commemorative coin issued by that state and read the description of the coin aloud.
	www.teachervision.fen.com /page/3278.html?wtlAC=gs030402,email-h (440 words)

	1848 CAL Quarter Eagle
		Many numismatists consider the 1848 Cal. to be the first United States commemorative coin, which adds to the allure.
		Government officials were allowed to purchase these special pieces at face value as a commemorative of the discovery.
		This mere 230 ounces of.894 pure, raw, native "color" proved all the rumors of Gold in California to be true.
	www.reisbord.com /Goldcoins1848cal.htm (247 words)

	U.S. Treasury - FAQs: Portraits&Designs of Coins
		The practice was inaugurated in the United States by an Act of March 3, 1835, which established the first branch mints in this country.
		All uncurrent or mutilated coins received by the Mint are melted, and the metal is shipped to a fabricator to be recycled in the manufacture of coinage strips.
		(The last of the 90 percent silver quarter-dollar coins was struck in January 1966, the last of the 10-cent coins in February 1966, and the last of the half-dollar coins in April 1966.) All of the clad coins actually manufactured in 1965 bear the 1965 date.
	www.ustreas.gov /education/faq/coins/portraits.html (2018 words)

	U.S. Treasury - Fact Sheet on the Manufacturing Process of U.S. Coins
		The ten-cent coin, quarter-dollar coin, half-dollar coin and one-dollar coin are all "clad" coins, produced from three coin strips that are bonded together and rolled to the required thickness.
		The face of these coins is 75 percent copper and 25 percent nickel and the core, which is visible along the edges of the coins, is composed of pure copper.
		The five-cent coin is composed of a homogeneous alloy containing 75 percent copper and 25 percent nickel.
	www.ustreas.gov /education/fact-sheets/currency/manufacturing.html (532 words)

	CoinResource - United States Coins History and Mint Information
		Coins minted in Philadelphia bear a P or no mint mark; those minted in Denver, a D; in San Francisco, an S; and in West Point, a W. Although the Coinage Act of 1965 specified that no mint marks would be used for five years, Congress authorized in late 1967 that mint marks be resumed.
		Other coin denominations in common use today are the 25-cent, 10-cent, five-cent, and one-cent pieces, familiarly known as the quarter, dime, nickel, and penny.
		They are the Lincoln one-cent piece, adopted in 1909; the 25-cent piece portraying Washington, first minted in 1932; the five-cent piece honoring Jefferson, adopted in 1938; the Franklin D. Roosevelt dime, introduced in 1946; and the Kennedy half-dollar, which appeared in 1964.
	www.coinresource.com /articles/FRB_united_states_coins.htm (1271 words)

	United States coinage
		The "eagle," "half-eagle" and "quarter-eagle" were specifically given these names in the Act of Congress that originally authorized them ("An Act establishing a Mint, and regulating Coins of the United States", section 9, April 2, 1792).
		The current dollar coin has an image of Sacagawea on the obverse, and is minted of a golden-colored brass-manganese alloy.
		All coins are fractions of the United States dollar and are created by the United States Mint.
	www.guajara.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/u/un/united_states_coinage.html (270 words)

	Quarter (U.S. coin) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The quarter is 1/4th of a United States dollar or 25 cents.
		The current regular issue coin is the Washington quarter (showing George Washington) on the obverse, and an eagle on the reverse.
		The standard Washington quarter is scheduled for return in 2009, unless U.S. Congress acts to extend the Statehood Quarter program or changes the design.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_States_quarter (270 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/United States dollar coin
		Dollar coins have found little popular acceptance in modern circulation in the United States, despite several attempts since the late 1970s to phase-in a coin in place of the one-dollar bill.
		Susan B. Anthony dollar coins were sometimes referred to as "Carter quarters." This was a snide reference to both the deterioration of the value of the dollar during Jimmy Carter's term and the Anthony dollar's strong physical resemblance to the quarter, often causing it to be mistakenly spent as such.
		The first $1 gold coin of 1849 was only 13 mm in diameter; at only three-quarters the size of the present-day dime, it was the smallest coin in U.S. history.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/United_States_dollar_coin (1841 words)

	MSN Encarta - Multimedia - Commemorative Half-Dollar
		United States coins are manufactured by the United States Mint, an agency of the Department of the Treasury.
		The mint makes five coins for general circulation—the penny, nickel, dime, quarter, and half-dollar.
		The mint has periodically issued one-dollar coins for general circulation, such as the Sacagawea dollar released in 2000.
	encarta.msn.com /media_461537257_761578905_-1_1/Commemorative_Half-Dollar.html (62 words)

	United States Commemorative Quarter Collection
		Whether you're an experienced coin collector or just a beginner, The United States Commemorative Quarter Collection -- Millennium Edition is one you'll treasure for years to come.
		Through the program, the Mint will be releasing five commemorative state quarters-- each with a specially designed reverse -- every year through 2008.
		It was on that day that President William Clinton signed Public Law 105-124, thereby authorizing the creation of the most adventurous and far-reaching coin agenda in U.S. Mint history.
	www.pwgroup.com /bankersmarket/quarters (215 words)

	Welcome - Centerville Coin & Jewelry Connection
		Every set include a one cent piece, a nickel, a dime, a quarter and a half-dollar.
		We are the largest coin shop in Dayton, Ohio with over 4,000 square feet of coins, jewelry and collectables.
		Place the sample wrappers (provided) inside the coin tubes and activate your bank by dropping some change into the hopper; the Money Wrapper magically comes to life.
	www.centercoin.com (549 words)

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