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<p>[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 2469363, member: 66"]Requirement 6</p><p><br /></p><p>6. Describe the 1999–2008 50 State Quarters® program. Collect and show your counselor five different state quarters you have acquired from circulation</p><p><br /></p><p>That's five coins</p><p><br /></p><p>Requirement 7</p><p><br /></p><p>7. Collect from circulation a set of current U.S. coins. Include one coin of each denomination (cent, nickel, dime, quarter, half dollar, dollar). For each coin, locate the mint marks, if any, and the designer’s initials, if any.</p><p><br /></p><p>That is six coins but the quarter can be one of the ones from Requirement 6 so we are up to 10 coins</p><p><br /></p><p>Then there is Requirement 9. The option that requires the smallest number of coins is D</p><p><br /></p><p>d. For each year since the year of your birth, collect a date set of a single type of coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you are 11 years old that is 11 coins, but one of those can be from either Requirement 6 or 7, so it can be done with 10 coins. Grand total 5 from Requirement 6, 5 from Requirement 7, and 10 from Requirement 9. Grand total 20 coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you select one of the other options from Requirement 9 it will require more coins and they can't be pulled from pocket change.</p><p><br /></p><p>Frankly your toughest challenge will be getting the half dollar for Requirement 7.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 2469363, member: 66"]Requirement 6 6. Describe the 1999–2008 50 State Quarters® program. Collect and show your counselor five different state quarters you have acquired from circulation That's five coins Requirement 7 7. Collect from circulation a set of current U.S. coins. Include one coin of each denomination (cent, nickel, dime, quarter, half dollar, dollar). For each coin, locate the mint marks, if any, and the designer’s initials, if any. That is six coins but the quarter can be one of the ones from Requirement 6 so we are up to 10 coins Then there is Requirement 9. The option that requires the smallest number of coins is D d. For each year since the year of your birth, collect a date set of a single type of coin. If you are 11 years old that is 11 coins, but one of those can be from either Requirement 6 or 7, so it can be done with 10 coins. Grand total 5 from Requirement 6, 5 from Requirement 7, and 10 from Requirement 9. Grand total 20 coins. If you select one of the other options from Requirement 9 it will require more coins and they can't be pulled from pocket change. Frankly your toughest challenge will be getting the half dollar for Requirement 7.[/QUOTE]
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