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   Kerr-Mudd, John to Snidely   
   Re: 2023 Second Half Quarterly Report (1   
   29 May 24 20:08:12   
   
   From: admin@127.0.0.1   
      
   On Tue, 28 May 2024 18:51:55 -0700   
   Snidely  wrote:   
      
   > 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   
   > >>>>>   
      
   They sound like peoples names   
      
   > >>>>> 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   
      
   From Stingray I've heard of 'The Hood', I trust nothing weird is going on   
   there.   
      
   > [...]   
   > > 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   
   >   
      
   Again, onlty some of those sound like people.   
      
      
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