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   Message 143,583 of 144,831   
   Questor to Michael Trew   
   Re: quarterly change   
   13 Apr 21 13:18:57   
   
   From: usenet@only.tnx   
      
   On Sat, 10 Apr 2021 23:15:52 -0400, Michael Trew  wrote:   
   >On 4/10/2021 3:02 PM, Questor wrote:   
   >>I got my first 2021 quarter yesterday -- The Tuskegee Airmen.  It's the last   
   >>coin in the "America the Beautiful" (national parks) series.  (Still waiting   
   for   
   >>my first 2021 penny.)   
   >>   
   >>For the rest of 2021, quarters will be minted with the familiar Flanagan   
   design   
   >>that had been used since 1932, although the reverse will be General   
   Washington   
   >>crossing Delaware River.   
   >>   
   >>From 2022 to 2025 will be a series commemorating Prominent American Women,   
   >>followed by a series celebrating the United States Semiquincentennial in   
   2026,   
   >>and then a series depicting youth sports (?!) from 2027 to 2030.   
   >   
   >I stopped collecting quarters around the start of the state park   
   >quarters.  Ought to look back into it again.  I probably have thousands   
   >of dollars of old silver coins stashed away.   
      
   Oh, I'm hardly a collector.  I just like to take one or two of the shiniest   
   examples of each design and throw them in a jar.  That's no way to store a coin   
   collection.   
      
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