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<p>[QUOTE="Kashmir Pulaski, post: 8432778, member: 118376"]<font size="5">Thank You. </font></p><p><font size="5">The facts sort of help me out here just a little bit. </font></p><p><br /></p><p>The 50 State quarters (authorized by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Law_(United_States)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Law_(United_States)" rel="nofollow">Pub.L.</a> <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/plaw/105/public/124?link-type=html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/plaw/105/public/124?link-type=html" rel="nofollow">105–124 (text)</a> <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/plaw/105/public/124?link-type=pdf&.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.govinfo.gov/link/plaw/105/public/124?link-type=pdf&.pdf" rel="nofollow">(PDF)</a>, 111 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Statutes_at_Large" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Statutes_at_Large" rel="nofollow">Stat.</a> <a href="http://legislink.org/us/stat-111-2534" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://legislink.org/us/stat-111-2534" rel="nofollow">2534</a>, enacted December 1, 1997) was a series of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_commemorative_coin" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_commemorative_coin" rel="nofollow">circulating commemorative</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarter_(United_States_coin)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarter_(United_States_coin)" rel="nofollow">quarters</a> released by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Mint" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Mint" rel="nofollow">United States Mint</a>. Minted from 1999 through 2008, they featured unique designs for each of the 50 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_state" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_state" rel="nofollow">US states</a> on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obverse_and_reverse" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obverse_and_reverse" rel="nofollow">reverse</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>The 50 State Quarters Program was started to support a new generation of </b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coin_collectors" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coin_collectors" rel="nofollow">coin collectors</a><b>, and it became the most successful </b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numismatics" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numismatics" rel="nofollow">numismatic</a><b> program in history, with roughly half of the </b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_population" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_population" rel="nofollow">US population</a><b> collecting the coins, either in a casual manner or as a serious pursuit.</b> The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Federal_government" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Federal_government" rel="nofollow">US federal government</a> so far has made additional profits of $3 billion from collectors <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seigniorage" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seigniorage" rel="nofollow">taking the coins out of circulation</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 2009, the US Mint began issuing quarters under the 2009 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_and_United_States_Territories_Quarters" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_and_United_States_Territories_Quarters" rel="nofollow">District of Columbia and US Territories Program</a>. The Territories Quarter Program was authorized by the passage of a newer legislative act, <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/house-bill/2764" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/house-bill/2764" rel="nofollow">H.R. 2764</a>. This program features the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia" rel="nofollow">District of Columbia</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rico" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rico" rel="nofollow">Puerto Rico</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Samoa" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Samoa" rel="nofollow">American Samoa</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guam" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guam" rel="nofollow">Guam</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Virgin_Islands" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Virgin_Islands" rel="nofollow">United States Virgin Islands</a>, and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Mariana_Islands" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Mariana_Islands" rel="nofollow">Northern Mariana Islands</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5">I’ve picked up a number of sets of both the “Sates” and “America the Beautiful” programs on deals very close to face value. I feed these to kids over a period of time. They think it’s so cool when I hand off a BU coin to replace their pocket circulation coins, many of which have taken a beating along the way. </font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Kashmir Pulaski, post: 8432778, member: 118376"][SIZE=5]Thank You. The facts sort of help me out here just a little bit. [/SIZE] The 50 State quarters (authorized by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Law_(United_States)']Pub.L.[/URL] [URL='https://www.govinfo.gov/link/plaw/105/public/124?link-type=html']105–124 (text)[/URL] [URL='https://www.govinfo.gov/link/plaw/105/public/124?link-type=pdf&.pdf'](PDF)[/URL], 111 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Statutes_at_Large']Stat.[/URL] [URL='http://legislink.org/us/stat-111-2534']2534[/URL], enacted December 1, 1997) was a series of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_commemorative_coin']circulating commemorative[/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarter_(United_States_coin)']quarters[/URL] released by the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Mint']United States Mint[/URL]. Minted from 1999 through 2008, they featured unique designs for each of the 50 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_state']US states[/URL] on the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obverse_and_reverse']reverse[/URL]. [B]The 50 State Quarters Program was started to support a new generation of [/B][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coin_collectors']coin collectors[/URL][B], and it became the most successful [/B][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numismatics']numismatic[/URL][B] program in history, with roughly half of the [/B][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_population']US population[/URL][B] collecting the coins, either in a casual manner or as a serious pursuit.[/B] The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Federal_government']US federal government[/URL] so far has made additional profits of $3 billion from collectors [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seigniorage']taking the coins out of circulation[/URL]. In 2009, the US Mint began issuing quarters under the 2009 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_and_United_States_Territories_Quarters']District of Columbia and US Territories Program[/URL]. The Territories Quarter Program was authorized by the passage of a newer legislative act, [URL='https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/house-bill/2764']H.R. 2764[/URL]. This program features the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia']District of Columbia[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rico']Puerto Rico[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Samoa']American Samoa[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guam']Guam[/URL], the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Virgin_Islands']United States Virgin Islands[/URL], and the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Mariana_Islands']Northern Mariana Islands[/URL]. [SIZE=5]I’ve picked up a number of sets of both the “Sates” and “America the Beautiful” programs on deals very close to face value. I feed these to kids over a period of time. They think it’s so cool when I hand off a BU coin to replace their pocket circulation coins, many of which have taken a beating along the way. [/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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