# What Happened to the New Quarters? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 8, 2004, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-new-quarters/268193 "2004-10-08T13:43:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-new-quarters/268193/1 "2004-10-08T13:43:28Z")
Ever since AK, my wife and I have commented on how we haven’t seen any new quarters. Months go by, and I have found one (and only one) Iowa quarter as well as one (and only one) Florida quarter. Is the Mint cutting back on production? - Jinx ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-new-quarters/268193/2 "2004-10-08T13:46:22Z")
You mean AR; AK was the second-to-last state admitted ever, so don’t expect many new quarters after that. I keep hearing about a Texas quarter, but haven’t seen one yet. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-new-quarters/268193/3 "2004-10-08T13:52:30Z")
We just got our first Iowa quarter this week. That brought us up to date with all of them except the last one that’s getting released this year - Wisconsin? ---
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-new-quarters/268193/4 "2004-10-08T13:54:27Z")
> [@Krokodil](#): > > You mean AR; AK was the second-to-last state admitted ever, so don’t expect many new quarters after that… Yeah, I gues that would be quite a surprise, huh! 😃 - Jinx ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-new-quarters/268193/5 "2004-10-08T13:54:43Z")
They’re out there. I get the new ones in my change all the time. If you really want one, try the bank. They usually have rolls of the new quarters available, or at least mine does. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-new-quarters/268193/6 "2004-10-08T13:56:43Z")
According to the [website,](http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/50sq_program/index.cfm?action=schedule) here’s the release schedule: Michigan–01/26/04 Florida–03/29/04 Texas–06/01/04 Iowa– Wisconsin– Iowa should be current, with Wisconsin sometime later this month. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-new-quarters/268193/7 "2004-10-08T14:39:48Z")
> [@Krokodil](#): > > You mean AR; AK was the second-to-last state admitted ever, so don’t expect many new quarters after that. Uh, I _hope_ you’re wrong here – I’d expect to see many **new quarters** , but only HI in terms of **new designs** , reverting back to the 1932 eagle or starting another reverse design after the 50 states are disposed of. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-new-quarters/268193/8 "2004-10-08T15:23:20Z")
We’ve got Texas quarters everywhere. I’ve not seen an Iowa yet. ---
**Author:** ![occ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8c91f0/32.png) [@occ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/occ)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-new-quarters/268193/9 "2004-10-08T15:41:18Z")
My question: do all those folks who bought the collectible quarter map of the US still actively use them? I remember that you couldn’t turn around without accidentally buying one of these things. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-new-quarters/268193/10 "2004-10-08T16:46:09Z")
I still use mine. Although I’m sure that our landfills are littered with the things. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-new-quarters/268193/11 "2004-10-08T17:04:46Z")
I got my first Texas quarter yesterday, but the new ones don’t seem to be showing up as quickly as they used to. I have a coin book, which ends at 2003. I need to get a 2004 and after one now. In California, we don’t see too many Philadelphia coins though. ---
**Author:** ![Jurph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@Jurph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jurph)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-new-quarters/268193/12 "2004-10-08T17:56:52Z")
I’ve been saving two of each coin, in as near to mint as I could find. The nicer one gets mounted with its year group in a _very_ nice frame that my mother picked. She and I work together on them, and the sets are our Christmas presents to each other. The cardboard maps seemed too flimsy to serve as a real heirloom. I just got four Iowas today – one at Starbuck’s, three at Chipotle. You can usually find one or two high-volume retail businesses that get the new coins in as soon as they come out, and find good condition coins there around the week of issue. For example, back in 2000, I always got my new quarters at the McDonald’s on U. Maryland’s College Park Campus. If you’re reasonably good at fast mental arithmetic, you can cobble together an order that requires them to give you three quarters with your change, maximizing your chances of getting a new coin. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-new-quarters/268193/13 "2004-10-08T18:34:44Z")
> [@occ](#): > > My question: do all those folks who bought the collectible quarter map of the US still actively use them? I remember that you couldn’t turn around without accidentally buying one of these things. I don’t have the map (I thought it was cheesy looking) but I do have the only slightly less cheesy looking folders. And yes, I still use them. (But it’s still nearly impossible for me to find Philadelphia quarters) ---
**Author:** ![fusoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@fusoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fusoya)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-new-quarters/268193/14 "2004-10-08T19:12:24Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > (But it’s still nearly impossible for me to find Philadelphia quarters) probably because Philadelphia isn’t a state?.. ---
**Author:** ![caveman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caveman/32/7242_2.png) [@caveman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caveman)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-new-quarters/268193/15 "2004-10-08T19:17:01Z")
> [@fusoya](#): > > probably because Philadelphia isn’t a state?.. But is it, I think, a minting location… ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-new-quarters/268193/16 "2004-10-08T19:21:25Z")
I haven’t found a Texas quarter yet. I’m not saving each mint, I only bought the cheesy map that only allows for one quarter per state. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-new-quarters/268193/17 "2004-10-08T19:28:02Z")
Speaking for Iowa, we have tons of the Iowa quarters around here. I found two in a handful of change (with only one other quarter). Banks are advertisting having them in mint condition for customers, etc. I wouldn’t be surprised if banks here requested lots of them – maybe this is why the rest of the country doesn’t see as many? ---
**Author:** ![Crandolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7cd45c/32.png) [@Crandolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crandolph)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-new-quarters/268193/18 "2004-10-08T19:43:59Z")
> [@caveman](#): > > But is it, I think, a minting location… Yes, we are! Actually the world’s largest coin mint is here, I believe Denver has the second biggest in the US. The quarters are distributed through the Federal Reserve system though, so I would think that if you’re near one of the 12 currency distribution centers (San Francisco is one also; the Bay Area probably has a decent pool of the quarters) you should be getting some quarters. Philadelphia is also a Fed Res city, in fact the US Mint & the Fed are a block away from each other. There’s a machine in a cool little “how currency is distributed” exhibit at the Fed here that’s currently issuing a shiny new TX for any quarter. One of my favorite trivia questions: What’s the only state with TWO Fed Res currency distribution centers? (scroll) Missouri: St. Louis and Kansas City ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-new-quarters/268193/19 "2004-10-08T19:55:57Z")
> [@fluiddruid](#): > > Speaking for Iowa, we have tons of the Iowa quarters around here. I have been getting a lot of them as well. Ever thought about doing an IADope? ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2004, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-new-quarters/268193/20 "2004-10-08T20:10:30Z")
> [@fusoya](#): > > probably because Philadelphia isn’t a state?.. If you look closely at the quarters, you will see a little “P” or a little “D” showing which mint the quarter came from. I come across Denver quarters frequently, I’m having a hard time finding Philadelphia ones. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-new-quarters/268193.md?page=2)