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   Snidely to All   
   Re: quarterly change   
   12 May 21 23:50:49   
   
   From: snidely.too@gmail.com   
      
   Just this Thursday, Snidely explained that ...   
   > On Tuesday, Snidely pointed out that ...   
   >> Questor explained :   
   >>   
   >>> 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.)   
   >>   
   >> You are way ahead of me.   
   >   
   > But I'm making progress ... I got 2 Tuskegee Airman in the first week of   
   > April.  From the same register, so probably fresh out of the roll.   
   >   
   >>> 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.   
   >>   
   >> Thanks for the heads-up.   
      
   And I now have George on both sides, with my first Crossing.   
      
   I just counted a stack of quarters that had 87 from the Denver mint, 13   
   from Phillie, and 3 from the Blank mint.  I'm pretty sure that the Xing   
   was from tonight's drive-through, though.   
      
   /dps   
      
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