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   Snidely to All   
   Re: 2023 Second Half Quarterly Report   
   28 May 24 18:51:55   
   
   From: snidely.too@gmail.com   
      
   On Wednesday, Snidely exclaimed wildly:   
   > Snidely blurted out:   
   >> On Sunday, Snidely queried:   
   >>> On Sunday or thereabouts, Boron Elgar declared ...   
   >>>> On Sat, 30 Dec 2023 18:20:57 -0800, Snidely    
   >>>> wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> Our intrepid data logger last posted an update on quarters in 2022, as   
   >>>>> the Prominent American Women began circulating his way.  A mid-year   
   >>>>> report was planned for 2023, but is still mooted but tabled.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Like many of you, OIDL tends to wave plastic ever more often these   
   >>>>> days,, and the apartment laundry uses bluetooth, but in the 2nd Half of   
   >>>>> 2023, managed to acquire $9.75 worth of quarters.  Within that, $2.25   
   >>>>> represents 2022 and 2023 issues, with 3 visages from each year.  To wit:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> 2022 Nina Otero-Warren  d  1   
   >>>>> 2022 Sally Ride         dd 2   
   >>>>> 2022 Wilma Mankiller    d  1   
   >>>>> 2023 Bessie Coleman     dd 2   
   >>>>> 2023 Edith Kanakaole    dd 2   
   >>>>> 2023 Maria Tallchief    d  1   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> For the rest, the good ol' eagle had 6 spots from 5 years, Blue Ridge   
   >>>>> Parkway showed up 3 times, George's boatride twice, and 12 of the park   
   >>>>> series and 7 states tolled in at 1 each.  Maya Angelou was hiding after   
   >>>>> an appearance in August of 2022.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> That's as far as my numismatic nerdiness goes at the moment, and I'm   
   >>>>> even less serious about stamp collecting, so you are free to return to   
   >>>>> tracking stars and artists born before your 50th birthday.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> /dps   
   >>>>   
   >>>> That is a great collection of Lady-Quarters.   
   >>>   
   >>> Gotta catch them all!   
   >>>   
   >>> But I plan on saving 2 samples each and keeping them and the parks   
   >>> cireculating.   
   >>>   
   >>> /dps   
   >>   
   >> Since then, I seem to have another Tallchief and a Maya Angelou (my second   
   >> overall, the previous was further in the past than this thread).   
   >>   
   >> But I've also gotten some less common quarters, including El Yunque (2012)   
   >> and the states of Alaska and Hawaii.  And Chickasaw, which was common 5   
   >> years ago, but not in my palm since.   
   >   
   > The day after I posted this, I picked up my first 2024 quarter:   
   > The Reverand Dr Pauli Murray (d).   
   >   
   >> (Consider, though, that 5 years ago I was using the coin changer at the   
   >> laundomatique, which recirculates a lot of coins.  Not captive or closed   
   >> loop, but a lot of feedback.)   
      
   At the laundry I'm using now, I've seen a basketload* of quarters being   
   hauled off to the bank (by the staff).  I don't know how many times a   
   day the machines are emptied.  It looks like only a fraction of the   
   machines are needed to refill the change machine.   
      
   >>   
   >   
   > Thanks to my landlord's laundry remodel project, this week I visited a coin   
   > laundry (one I used frequently several years ago).  The results completed my   
   > 2023 list with Eleanor Roosevelt and Jovita Idar.  The returns on $10 was as   
   > follows:   
   >   
   [...]   
   > 2010            Mount Hood              d       1   
   [...]   
   > 2022            Sally Ride              p       1   
   > 2022            Wilma Mankiller         d       1   
   > 2023            Eleanor Roosevelt       ddd     3   
   > 2023            Jovita Idar             d       1   
   >   
   > I was a bit surprised by the number of Phillie Mint flavored quarters   
   >  and pleased to see a Mt Hood.   
      
   In May, I've had 1 more 2010 (Yellowstone), and 3 2012 (Denali, Denali,   
   and now Hawaii Volcanoes).  Earlier in the year, a 2011 (Chickasaw),   
   and another 2012 (El Yunque).   
      
   My first 2024 quarter came via drive-thru activity:   
      
   2024            The Reverand Dr Pauli Murray    d       1   
      
   Here are the gory details of finally getting the last missing quarter   
   from 2022, via the coin changer a couple of weeks ago:   
      
   1976            Bicentennial            d       1   
   1979                                    x       1   
   1983                                    d       1   
   1985                                    p       1   
   1986                                    d       1   
   1987                                    dd      2   
   1990                                    d       1   
   1992                                    d       1   
   1993                                    p       1   
   1994                                    p       1   
   1995                                    d       1   
   1996                                    p       1   
   1999    CT                              d       1   
   2000    MA                              p       1   
   2000    SC                              d       1   
   2003    MO                              d       1   
   2006    SD                              p       1   
   2010            Yellowstone             d       1   
   2012            Denali                  d       1   
   2013            Ft McHenry              d       1   
   2013            White Mountain          d       1   
   2014            Shenandoah              d       1   
   2015            Blue Ridge Parkway      d       1   
   2015            Bombay Hook             d       1   
   2016            Shawnee                 d       1   
   2017            Ozark Riverways         d       1   
   2018            Block Island            d       1   
   2019            American Memorial Park  d       1   
   2020            National Park American Samoa    d       1   
   2020            Salt Bay                dd      2   
   2021            Crossing the Delaware   dd      2   
   2022            Anna May Wong           d       1   
   2022            Maya Angelou            d       1   
   2022            Sally Ride              d       1   
   2022            Wilma Mankiller         ddd     3   
      
      
   /dps   
      
      
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