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Woo Hoo · The Chosen Woo

RE: State quarters?

Ruby · The Good Witch Of The South

DENVER, Colorado (AP) -- Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle led a delegation to the Denver Mint for the striking of the first of that state's commemorative quarters -- and the last in a 10-year series commemorating the 50 states.

The Hawaii commemorative quarter rolls off a press at the U.S. Mint in Denver on Tuesday.

Hawaii's coin features monarch King Kamehameha I stretching a hand toward the eight major Hawaiian Islands. Inscribed is the state motto, "The Life of the Land is Perpetuated in Righteousness," in the Hawaiian language. It will go into circulation November 3.

"It's our vision for Hawaii's future, and it shows our respect for all the land," Lingle said of the quarter's design and motto. "And it also shows that although there are many islands, we're united as a state."

Delegation members, including Lingle, state dignitaries and coin collectors, lined up to push a button on a stamp press that spits out individual quarters. Many had their picture taken while flashing the shaka, a common gesture of greeting in Hawaii that is sometimes referred to as the "hang loose" sign.

Kamehameha, who ruled in the early 1800s and unified the islands, beat out designs that featured a hula dancer, Diamondhead on the main island of Oahu, and a surfer modeled after a young Duke Kahanamoku.

Mint officials expect about 520 million Hawaii quarters to be produced.

The state quarters have been released at 10-week intervals in the order the states were admitted into the Union.

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More than 34 billion coins have been produced. They've been snapped up by roughly 147 million collectors in the U.S., bringing in $3.5 billion in profits by the end of last year, excluding special-issue sets. The coins are also produced in Philadelphia.

WebGuy · Doesn't Do Windows

Woo:

Here is what we have in D's. I will just list what we have that you need and you can let me know what you want me to send when you know where you're at with pending ,etc.

AK - 2
AZ - 2
AR - 1
ID - 2
IA - 1
MI - 1
MT - 1
ND - 1
NE - 2
NV - 1
NM - 1
OK - 2
OR - 1
TX - 1
UT - 2
WA - 2
WI - 1

Those are what we have at least one of and they are all uncirculated D's. So, figure out what you need of what we have and let me know and they are yours.

Now, here is what we need . . . We only need P's, and we need five each. My mother-in-law was doing books for her grandkids when she died. That was two years ago so we don't have any of them since then (She was getting them from a relative in VA).

Up to this point, she had everything uncirculated so we'd like to finish them out that way if possible.

So, given that, here's my request: I'd like it if someone from "P land" could check at their bank to see if they could get us uncirculated, five each in the following states:

AZ
AK
HI (when they come out)
ID
NM
OK
UT
WA
WY

Since we need five P's in each of those states, we will expect to reimburse whoever might be able to provide some or all of those.

If we can't get uncirculated, that would be ok, but we want to try first since all the other states, mom-in-law had gotten that way.

Mad Mema · Bad Biker Granny

I sent the quarters I mentioned above to Woo this afternoon. I hadn't considered that you might have some uncirculated extras.

WebGuy · Doesn't Do Windows

One advantage of being married to a banker.

Mad Mema · Bad Biker Granny

I probably should take more advantage of the fact that one of my daughters in law is a banker too. I just forget to ask her about it.

Woo Hoo · The Chosen Woo

Ok Web my husband went through our quarters last night. From your list this is what we have for you if you want them. They have all been in circulation though. (I'm gonna double check these when I get home. I just got off the phone with my husband and it appears he was confused about some abbreviations. He says we had an AK but I think he thought that was Arkansas)

ID - 4
NM - 2
OK - 1
UT - 5
WA - 4
WY - 5

This is what we still need of yours:

AK - 2
AZ - 1
AR - 1
ID - 2
IA - 1
MI - 1
ND - 1
NE- 1
NM - 1
OR - 1
UT - 2
WA - 2

For now we just put your quarters off to the side in case you want them.

WebGuy · Doesn't Do Windows

Thanks Woo,

I will get these on their way to ya. If I don't get a volunteer on the checking a bank for us, we'll probably take what we can get.

WebGuy · Doesn't Do Windows

Oops, sorry Woo.

I forgot to tell my wife to get some Alaska quarters at the bank. I marked them as we have them because she said they have 'em at the bank and could bring some home. No biggie, but I'll have to wait until Monday now to send them.

Woo Hoo · The Chosen Woo

no problem Web. I'm in no hurry. I will just be happy to fill some of those gaps in our books!

Woo Hoo · The Chosen Woo

Mema, I got the quarters you sent over the weekend but I forgot to post. Thanks again!

Mad Mema · Bad Biker Granny

Welcome!

confuzzed · Permanent State of Confusion

I was just wondering if anyone was going to send me some money just for the heck of it?

MzHartz · Permanent Vacation

Same here, Fuzzy. Laundry costs at least $4 a week, and we can only use quarters. I'll take all your non-fancy quarters off your hands...

confuzzed · Permanent State of Confusion

The quarters, as well as any denomination in change, fits nicely in my piggy bank. When it accumulates nicely, I take it to the bank, make the machine count it and then hide it in my account. I have a separate bank account from my main account. My bank is a credit union and is about an hour away from me. So I have a local account. Just so I don't have to worry about taking any rebate checks, checks from doing tax returns, change, etc. to the main bank.

Woo Hoo · The Chosen Woo

They were in the mailbox today Web. Thanks! smile