The Official Guidebook to America's State Quarters

by GANZ, DAVID L.

• ISBN13: 9780609807705
• ISBN10: 0609807706
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2000-11-01
• Publisher: House of Collectibles

Summary

Presents an authoritative guide to the U.S. Mint's new fifty state quarters, issued from 1999 to 2008, describing the designs of the coins, projected values, and the stories behind their creation.

Author Biography

DAVID GANZ served on the Coin Advisory Committee to Congress and the U.S. Mint and is past president of the American Numismatic Association.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Prologue	xxi
Introduction	1	(1)
How Successful Is the State Quarters Program?	2	(2)
Why Collect State Quarters?	4	(1)
State Quarter Design Elements	4	(2)
What This Guide Offers	6	(3)
The Genesis of America's State Quarters	9	(73)
Purpose of Commemoratives	12	(1)
Lessons Learned to Be Applied to State Quarters	13	(6)
Congress Acts Even Before the Advisory Committee Meets	19	(9)
Citizens Advisory Committee Participates	28	(17)
Legislative Maneuvering Begins	45	(15)
Secretary of the Treasury Rubin Acts	60	(3)
Time Line	63	(1)
What About Those Designs?	64	(1)
When the Coins Will Be Struck	65	(2)
Victory for Diehl	67	(1)
The Law Seemingly Finalized	67	(5)
The Countdown	72	(10)
Grading	82	(15)
Circulated Coins	82	(12)
Proof Coins	94	(3)
State Quarter Issues for Collectors Investing in the Numismatic Economy	97	(29)
About Proof Grades	98	(8)
The Numismatic Economy	106	(20)
Error State Quarters	126	(18)
The Coining Process, or How Coins Are Minted	128	(7)
Common Mint Errors	135	(6)
Mint Error Prices	141	(3)
How to Select a State's Winning Coin Design and How You Can Design Your State's Coin	144	(10)
State Quarter Listings	154	(175)
Template for Each of the Coin Designs	154	(5)
Delaware	159	(6)
Pennsylvania	165	(4)
New Jersey	169	(6)
Georgia	175	(4)
Connecticut	179	(6)
Massachusetts	185	(6)
Maryland	191	(6)
South Carolina	197	(4)
New Hampshire	201	(4)
Virginia	205	(3)
New York	208	(4)
North Carolina	212	(3)
Rhode Island	215	(3)
Vermont	218	(5)
Kentucky	223	(4)
Tennessee	227	(3)
Ohio	230	(5)
Louisiana	235	(7)
Indiana	242	(4)
Mississippi	246	(2)
Illinois	248	(3)
Alabama	251	(2)
Maine	253	(3)
Missouri	256	(3)
Arkanasas	259	(3)
Michigan	262	(3)
Florida	265	(2)
Texas	267	(3)
Iowa	270	(3)
Wisconsin	273	(3)
California	276	(3)
Minnesota	279	(2)
Oregon	281	(3)
Kansas	284	(3)
West Virginia	287	(2)
Nevada	289	(3)
Nebraska	292	(2)
Colorado	294	(3)
North Dakota	297	(3)
South Dakota	300	(3)
Montana	303	(2)
Washington	305	(3)
Idaho	308	(2)
Wyoming	310	(3)
Utah	313	(2)
Oklahoma	315	(3)
New Mexico	318	(2)
Arizona	320	(3)
Alaska	323	(2)
Hawaii	325	(4)
Bibliography	329	(7)
Index	336