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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 2724852, member: 10461&quot;]Yes.&nbsp; Our US Statehood quarter series did raise interest quite a bit in the general public.&nbsp; As of the millennium, they were some of the few <i>circulating</i> US commemoratives available at banks for face value (the 1776-1976 Bicentennial issues being the only other post-WW2 circulating commems I can think of).</p><p><br /></p><p>We&#039;ve had alternating commemorative designs on our quarters ever since.&nbsp; At no time can I imagine average Americans lining up to buy them, even at face value.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, with 25-cent pieces being our largest <i>regularly</i> circulating denomination for 50 years, Americans seldom use coins that much at all.&nbsp; Even vending machines take dollar bills.&nbsp; Cash is used less often, and when it is, it&#039;s typically paper currency rather than coins.&nbsp; That might&#039;ve been different if we had regularly circulating $1 and $2 coins or their equivalent, like the Canadians and you Eurozone folks do.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m a little envious. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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