Easiest and Hardest Quarters To Find In The US
This story was written and voiced by me and published at the KCSN Newsroom on March 28th, 2023
Over ten years ago, the US Mint decided to produce coins that would honor each one of the 50 states of the country.
However, some states are easier to find than others, since the production ran from 1999 to 2008, issuing five new quarters every year.
In the back of each quarter, there a state feature or special moment in history, which for 33 states the governors chose the design and in 17 state the residents chose the coin design.
The total coins issued during those nine years were 34.3 Billion quarters, 520 Million being from the state of California, which unfortunately is not enough to rank on the top five of most issued coins.
The most popular quarter is from the state of Virginia, which had 1.6 Billion quarters in circulation.
Other states with more than a billion coins minted are: Connecticut, South Carolina, New York, Maryland, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and North Carolina.
The hardest coin design to find is from Oklahoma with 416.6 Million quarters minted.