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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;NOS, post: 2538958, member: 2098&quot;]There are a lot of factors that contribute to quarters being lost and needing to be replaced in circulation. This refers to what is known as attrition. I forget the official figure but millions of quarters are lost from circulation every year. This stems from regular wear and tear, environmental damage, being thrown away (literally often by mistake-- such as, for example, by being folded into a receipt at a mini mart and being thrown away as the customer leaves the door) to them leaving the country in the pockets of international travelers, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>In terms of finding pre-1999 quarters, keep in mind the government saturated the economy by minting billions of state quarters a year in anticipation of collector demand. In 2000, for example, some six billion state quarters were minted. Contrast this with 1.8 billion quarters in 1996 and 1.2 billion minted in 1997. Mintages of state quarters were reduced in subsequent years to bring balance to actual demand but the permanent displacement and dilution of pre-1999 quarters was set.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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