Wednesday, February 11, 2004

Quarter

Here’s an interesting story.

WASHINGTON,D.C.—Hang on to any of the new State of Texas quarters.  If you have them, they may be worth much more than 25 cents.  The U.S.Treasury announced today that it is recalling all of the Texas quarters that are part of its program featuring quarters from each state.

“We are recalling all the new Texas quarters that were recently issued,” Treasury Undersecretary Jack Shackleford said Monday.  “This action is being taken after numerous reports that new quarters will not work in parking meters, toll booths, vending machines, pay phones, or other coin-operated devices.”

The quarters were issued in the order in which the various states joined the U.S. and have been a tremendous success among coin collectors worldwide.

“The problem lies in the unique design of the Texas quarter, which was created by a Texas A&M graduate,” Shackleford said.  “Apparently, the duct tape holding the two dimes and the nickel together keeps jamming the coin-operated devices.”

(2) Comments
Posted by Owen at 2100 hrs
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  1. Whooooooooop!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on February 11, 2004 at 2106 hrs


  2. Damn you, Owen! You actually had me going for the first part of that, and I was busy trying to figure out how I could get some Texas State quarters from the bank where I work. I knew they hadn’t been issued for general circulation yet, but I thought they might have been included in this year’s 2004 collector’s set (which often gets released many months before all the individual quarters have been issued).

    Posted by Harvey on February 12, 2004 at 0715 hrs


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