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Check your quarters, you could be holding on to a piece of silver worth $55. State coins that were minted from 1999 to 2008 are worth more than their face value as the demand for precious metals has been increasing. Some are 90% silver compared to a higher percentage of copper and nickel. The value changes depending on the current price of silver. The value varies by state, but the priciest version is Pennsylvania at $55, followed by Connecticut at $50. Georgia is worth $48. Silver proof coins are marked with an S, meaning San Francisco Mint, and have a...

Beginning in 2022, women’s faces will circulate through the nation’s currency on quarters - something long overdue, according to Rep. Barbara Lee, a California Democrat who has been working on this legislation since 2017. “I wanted to make sure that women would be honored, and their images and names be lifted up on our coins. I mean, it’s outrageous that we haven’t,” Lee said. “Hopefully the public really delves into who these women were, because these women have made such a contribution to our country in so many ways.” Maya Angelou (April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) Dr. Sally...

Keep an eye out for a shiny new quarter with a raised image of fruit bats and be careful not to let the coin fly out of your wallet or pocket. As part of the U.S. Mint's America the Beautiful Quarters Program, the new National Parks quarter dollar celebrates American Samoa and on the relief features a mother fruit bat and her pup hanging upside down.

United States Mint Announces the 2007 Designs for the 50 State Quarters® Program WASHINGTON – The United States Mint today officially released the designs selected for the five new 2007 commemorative quarter-dollar coins in the United States Mint’s 50 State Quarters® Program. The new quarters will honor Montana, Washington, Idaho, Wyoming and Utah. The coins will be issued at approximate ten-week intervals beginning early in 2007. The public may exchange their bills for each new quarter in person at the site of the official quarter launches, or buy the coins online when they are issued. The new quarters will also...

On Dec. 3, the residents of 14 historic military quarters on Fort Huachuca will open their doors to curious visitors for the annual home tour. Everyone is invited to come celebrate the holiday season as the historic homes are decked with holiday finery. For the past 16 years, the fort has marked the beginning of the holiday season with the Holiday Tour of Historic Homes. The Fort Huachuca Old Post area, a National Historic Landmark, will be lit by the soft glow of luminaries as the public is given a rare glimpse at the interior of these homes. Annually, the...

BELMAR, N.J. -- Keep the beer pong and games of quarters inside. In the ongoing tussle between summer renters and year-round residents of this seaside community, the borough council has banned outdoor games involving alcohol. The so-called "Beer Pong" ordinance, which goes into effect Aug. 17, prohibits alcohol-related games or contests on porches, decks, lawns, front and side yards, or anywhere that can be viewed by the public and neighbors. Fines begin at $100 for a first offense. Adopted last week, the regulation takes its name from a drinking game in which players bounce pingpong balls into cups of beer,...

<p>I just heard that Bush and company is trying to pass a law that adds extra taxs to cheap beer like Milwaukee best and naturl light. He is going to raise the taxs on these bears by a nikel so he can recoop his money loses in the irag war. He and his old guys party the repitleublicans want to sock to the little guy and college guys like me who can only offord cheap bear and not the good stuff like all you chumps drink that sam adems and budwizer and coors lite and other big shot drinks. Give me a brake. Bush is not going to tax those bears because all his rich buddys drike them so he will tax all the people that didnt vote for him in the erection of 04. It is pay back for us not cow towing to his right wing aganda that only serves to destory the poor and working stifs like me and my mom and dad. So when I go to by some natey lite toniht with my fake id (scew the govement!!!) I will stock up and by maybe 3 or4 cases to hold me over so Bush won't be able to tax me and my bear and get himself out of that mess of a war in the muddle east. If I were you I would do the same and show Bush and his company of hooligans that we can't be taxed and tricked like little cirus animals that are beaten to dance and do tricks for use humans. Have a good day and don't let them know your on to them, that you know that they are trying to keep us down. Slowly now slowly we turn the tide!!!!</p>

The correct Wisconsin quarter, bottom, has a few misprints lurking in spare change. Look closely, and you'll find a corn stalk leaf hanging lower in the top and middle photos. Like bird watchers responding to the clarion call of a rare species, coin collectors are on the lookout for an unusual find. Two misprints of the Wisconsin quarter have stirred up the coin-collecting community. The first Houston sighting of the unusual coins was reported late Friday morning when Margaret Whalin took one of each specimen to U.S. Coins & Jewelry. Manager Peter Castro bought Whalin's two quarters for $125 each,...

MILWAUKEE -- Some Wisconsin quarters issued last year are turning out to be worth considerably more than 25 cents. Coin collectors say nickels with two variations in the design of a cornstalk on the back of the coin have been spotted at Tucson, Ariz., and San Antonio, Texas. Rick Snow, who owns Eagle Eye Rare Coins Inc. in Tucson, said he started paying $50 each for the quarters when he learned of them. "As soon as word got out about that, the prices escalated," Snow said. On Monday, he was offering a set of three Wisconsin quarters - the normal...

<p>NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Did the Old Man of the Mountain die of natural causes, or was a curse the culprit?</p> <p>The distinctive rock formation had been famous since Native Americans roamed the White Mountains. More recently, New Hampshire selected it for engraving as the state's contribution to the U.S. Mint's "50 State Quarters" program. When the rock's face crumbled to dust in early May, it was a blow for naturalists and numismatics alike.</p>

MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT SAN DIEGO, Calif.(January 10, 2003) -- There are many buildings in the military that hold great historical significance. Some of the buildings keep old artifacts, weapons, and uniforms of fallen service members who have come before us. Presidents and generals have graced the halls and many of these buildings have become historical landmarks. Such is the case of Quarters One, the home of Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego's commanding generals, past and present. "Quarters One is not just a place for the commanding general to live," said Maj. Gen. Jan Huly, commanding general of MCRD...

<p>JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The federal government is investigating a Missouri artist who has been placing stickers on quarters to protest a U.S. Mint decision not to use his design for the state's official quarter, The Associated Press has learned.</p>

LAFAYETTE - The first of more than 600 million Louisiana commemorative quarters are now in circulation as part of a program by the United States Mint to coin quarters representing each of the 50 states. The coin features a map showing the area of the Louisiana Purchase; a brown pelican, the Louisiana state bird; and a trumpet, representing the state's musical heritage. The United States Mint will offer a limited edition of 75,000 Louisiana first day coin covers online at www.usmint.gov beginning at 11 a.m. June 10. The official first day cover features two Louisiana quarters minted on May 6,...