# Which state quarter do you see a lot of? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 20, 2000, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-state-quarter-do-you-see-a-lot-of/26263 "2000-07-20T18:30:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gazoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ce73a5/32.png) [@Gazoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazoo)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2000, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-state-quarter-do-you-see-a-lot-of/26263/1 "2000-07-20T18:30:53Z")
It appears that the state quarters are not distributed equally among the 50 states. For example, here in Wisconsin, I can’t get away from the Connecticut ones (or “damn trees” as we refer to them). I can get a dollar’s worth of change and get 3 of them every time. On the other hand, I rarely see Delaware or New Jersey. Georgia and Pennsylvania are pretty rare around here as well. What are the common ones where you are and which ones are rare? (Let me know if you need some “damn trees,” of the six quarters in my pocket, four are trees, one is Massachusetts and the other two are old ones.) ---
**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2000, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-state-quarter-do-you-see-a-lot-of/26263/2 "2000-07-20T18:39:50Z")
Out of the six quarters in your pocket, you listed **seven** ---
**Author:** ![tygre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@tygre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tygre)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2000, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-state-quarter-do-you-see-a-lot-of/26263/3 "2000-07-20T20:16:31Z")
I get the Massachusetts ones about twice as often as any others, it seems. I’m in IL fwiw. –tygre ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2000, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-state-quarter-do-you-see-a-lot-of/26263/4 "2000-07-20T20:49:24Z")
I see a lot of those funny ones with the Queen of England on 'em. That soda machines won’t accept. Why the heck do we have such similar money to Canada (or vice versa?) It’s handy, and yet it isn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Gazoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ce73a5/32.png) [@Gazoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazoo)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2000, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-state-quarter-do-you-see-a-lot-of/26263/5 "2000-07-20T20:57:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gunslinger \* > \*\*Out of the six quarters in your pocket, you listed **seven** \*\* By God you’re right!! I have SEVEN quarters, hell I’m rich! ---
**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:** [July 20, 2000, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-state-quarter-do-you-see-a-lot-of/26263/6 "2000-07-20T21:18:37Z")
I’m seeing a lot of Georgias, and lately, a lot of Massachusetts and Maryland here in New York City. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2000, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-state-quarter-do-you-see-a-lot-of/26263/7 "2000-07-20T23:57:11Z")
Part of the reason you’re seeing so many more Connecticut, Mass., is that they have almost doubled to production figures since the first three(DE, PA, NJ). And, of course, the older ones have been out a year longer and scooped up by the general public, to return in 10-20 years. ---
**Author:** ![Zinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e95f7d/32.png) [@Zinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zinger)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2000, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-state-quarter-do-you-see-a-lot-of/26263/8 "2000-07-21T00:22:44Z")
I am from Michigan… I see those “damn trees,” as well. I don’t think I’ve even seen half of them. What do the rest look like? ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2000, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-state-quarter-do-you-see-a-lot-of/26263/9 "2000-07-21T04:41:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zinger \* > \*\*I am from Michigan… I see those “damn trees,” as well. I don’t think I’ve even seen half of them. What do the rest look like? \*\* Well, they’re round, metal, with a picture of George Washington on them… ---
**Author:** ![Gazoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ce73a5/32.png) [@Gazoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazoo)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2000, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-state-quarter-do-you-see-a-lot-of/26263/10 "2000-07-21T18:59:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zinger \* > \*\*I am from Michigan… I see those “damn trees,” as well. I don’t think I’ve even seen half of them. What do the rest look like? \*\* Check [this site](http://www.usmint.gov/50states/) to see all that have been issued so far, as well as the two other new ones that are coming out in 2000. ---
**Author:** ![Trout\_Mask\_Replica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Trout\_Mask\_Replica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trout_Mask_Replica)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2000, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-state-quarter-do-you-see-a-lot-of/26263/11 "2000-07-21T19:21:57Z")
Reporting from Massachusetts: Lots of ‘damn trees’ here too, and lots of ‘damn guys with muskets’ as well.