# How Many Texas Quarters? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 5, 2004, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-texas-quarters/263179 "2004-09-05T03:50:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CaveMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cavemike/32/16379_2.png) [@CaveMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaveMike)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2004, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-texas-quarters/263179/1 "2004-09-05T03:50:00Z")
Does anyone know how many Texas quarters were minted? The mint site, [here](http://usmint.gov/mint_programs/50sq_program/index.cfm?flash=yes&action=schedule), should have the pertinent info, but it has not been updated. Have the Iowa quarters been released? According to the mint site, the 4th quarter of the year has been released by Aug 7th at the latest. The reason that I ask is that I have noticed a ton of Texas quarters and am wondering if it is because there are more of them or is it just the luck-of-the-draw. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2004, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-texas-quarters/263179/2 "2004-09-05T04:31:13Z")
Probably just luck. I think they send a whole bunch of quarters to different banks around the country, and if one of those is near you, then you get saturated with the new quarter until they disperse. This happened in my area with the North Carolina quarter and a couple of others. And I’d like to go on record as saying that Texas has one of the more uninspired quarter designs. Altho my state’s design is nothing to brag about, either. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2004, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-texas-quarters/263179/3 "2004-09-05T04:41:19Z")
If I knew a little more about Texas history, maybe I could make some statement about “ever since the Alamo, Texans give no quarter,” but I’m pretty sure I’d get the tone wrong and make it seem like I was insulting somebody. I think it takes a Texan to understand the Alamo well enough to make a pun about it. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2004, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-texas-quarters/263179/4 "2004-09-05T06:31:28Z")
The quarters seem to be coming out a bit later this year than usual. I think this is Michigan’s fault. Usually, the first quarter of the year is released immediately after New Year’s, but Michigan’s statehood anniversary was January 26, so they delayed release of that one for what amounts to almost a month. I guess Wisconsin got shorted on the deal, something it should be used to having happen to it due to Michigan (ref. Upper Peninsula). ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2004, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-texas-quarters/263179/5 "2004-09-05T12:28:48Z")
Does each state get the same number of quarters? ---
**Author:** ![CaveMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cavemike/32/16379_2.png) [@CaveMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaveMike)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2004, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-texas-quarters/263179/6 "2004-09-06T03:39:04Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > Does each state get the same number of quarters? Nope - check out the link in the OP. It shows the mintage numbers range from 448,800,000 to 1,594,616,000. Good catch **cmkeller**. This years quarters are indeed delayed. I guess Iowa should be coming out soon. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2004, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-texas-quarters/263179/7 "2004-09-06T13:23:11Z")
> [@CaveMike](#): > > Nope - check out the link in the OP. It shows the mintage numbers range from 448,800,000 to 1,594,616,000. Hmmm. The number of quarters minted for each state seems to have peaked in 2000 (with over a billion quarters for each state), and has been slowly declining since. Michigan and Florida got 460 million and 480 million, respecively. Texas might get more (say, 500 million) because it’s got more people, and presumably more people looking to collect the Texas quarter. Overall, however, it looks like they’re figuring that the number of people collecting quarters will dwindle down over time. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2004, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-texas-quarters/263179/8 "2004-09-06T13:31:20Z")
I almost gave up collecting the state quarters cause the first half of the year I didn’t find any. Then I bought a 50 cent cup of coffee on July 4th and got a Michigan & Florida in change for my dollar. Weird. And Texas later in the day. ---
**Author:** ![Hugh\_Jass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4da419/32.png) [@Hugh\_Jass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hugh_Jass)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2004, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-texas-quarters/263179/9 "2004-09-06T18:52:59Z")
I’m a Texan who still hasn’t seen a Texas quarter. What a rip-off! ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2004, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-texas-quarters/263179/10 "2004-09-06T20:36:18Z")
None in NYC so far, although I finally got a Michigan yesterday (and sorry, but that is one uninspired design!) Mebbe some Texans in town for the convention brought some. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Ash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@Mr.Ash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Ash)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2004, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-texas-quarters/263179/11 "2004-09-06T22:08:18Z")
> [@Hugh Jass](#): > > I’m a Texan who still hasn’t seen a Texas quarter. What a rip-off! Just saw my first one yesterday. Didn’t even know they were out. ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2004, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-texas-quarters/263179/12 "2004-09-07T12:53:03Z")
Is it true that the Texas quarters have the right to split up into five separate quarters if they want to? 😃 Zev Steinhardt ---
**Author:** ![CaveMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cavemike/32/16379_2.png) [@CaveMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaveMike)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2004, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-texas-quarters/263179/13 "2004-09-07T14:03:49Z")
> [@zev\_steinhardt](#): > > Is it true that the Texas quarters have the right to split up into five separate quarters if they want to? 😃 > > Zev Steinhardt Well, five separate nickels (Texas nickels). ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2004, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-texas-quarters/263179/14 "2004-09-07T14:08:15Z")
When I saw my first Michigan quarter, all I could think was Road Kill: central furry body with scatter blobs of guts oozed out. Icky. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2004, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-texas-quarters/263179/15 "2004-09-07T17:55:33Z")
The Iowa state quarters were supposed to be released on August 30th, but they were just released last Friday, September 3rd at their State Fair. The reason they were delayed so much was the farmers didn’t have the coin pickers on their tractors. ---
**Author:** ![Crandolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7cd45c/32.png) [@Crandolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crandolph)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2004, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-texas-quarters/263179/16 "2004-09-20T10:03:26Z")
There are 12 Federal Reserve currency distribution centers in the country, and I believe they all have exhibits currently on what the Fed does. At the Philadelphia exhibit (& I’m assuming the others) there’s a machine which dispenses the newest quarter out there in exchange for any quarter. If you live close enough to the 12 & you’re a collector this may be worth looking into. ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2004, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-texas-quarters/263179/17 "2004-09-20T15:57:41Z")
Funny, I haven’t seen any of the quarters released since Mississipi, in 2002. But from that link, it appears I haven’t missed much - most of the designs since then are aesthetic abominations, with the only real exception being Maine. It seems in most cases, these horrendous committees can only agree on the state outline, usually accompanied by a mish-mash of symbols to appease all interest groups. With that as the standard, Michigan and Texas are relative successes. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2004, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-texas-quarters/263179/18 "2004-09-20T21:27:15Z")
So far Connecticut (a single large tree) has my vote for the prettiest.