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As these designs are in the public domain, I'd like to begin uploading images. Logically this page would be the place, but I'm afraid putting them all here would make the load time of the page too slow. Right now I'm toying with the idea of putting an extra table row at the bottom of each state's table and putting the image there. Anyone have thoughts on this? - Hephaestos 16:49, 26 Aug 2003 (UTC)
This may be nitpicking, but the obverse coin image you show is of a 1963 coin--one from the silver era (which explains the tarnish it is developing). It would be nice, if possible, to depict a non-silver (i.e. from 1965 or later) quarter instead. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.47.192.177 ( talk) 23:01, 14 February 2005 (UTC)
Should the infobox have the Nebraska reverse on it like that? It implies that all US quarters have that design on the reverse, which is (thankfully, as that one is terrible) not the case. I would think the best thing would be the use the old eagle, as it's the only one in common circulation that's not a limited issue, and presumably the US Mint will be going back to that design after they run out of states.
Kairos 19:32, 21 April 2006 (UTC) Mixed up "reverse" and "obverse" somehow.
Kairos 19:40, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
I take issue with this statement. Both the Susan B. Anthony and newer Sacajawea one-dollar coins are not very uncommon, typically being dispensed as change from vending machines for postage stamps, subway tickets and the like, even some change machines. They are not uncommon enough to raise the eyebrows of experienced cashiers. Duckspeaker 16:02, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
I understand the point of this section, trying to point out that quarters and coins in general can be of some value and investment (I've been a numismatist for several years now), but IMHO this seems just a tad too conversational, as well as opinionated.
I'm not so sure how to edit it myself, but that's my two cents (pun unintended). Hopefully someone out there can adjust it accordingly. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 157.242.220.131 ( talk) 04:32, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
See http://www.bhcoinclub.org/ for a picture of a 1933 quarter, which the coin club says has been authenticated.
1933 quarter —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.204.183.88 ( talk) 20:43, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
I entered references to an outside site (coinsite.com) which has articles on the coin designs. Collect ( talk) 18:56, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
The description of the coins' current makeup isn't quite clear. It says they are cupronickel and gives the percentages but also they are clad. Is this with silver? or nickel? or more cupronickel? If the last, what accounts for the "sandwich" appearance? Thanks. -- Jieagles ( talk) 22:39, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
What is this that the "value" is 0.284 U.S. dollar? Isn't the value precisely 0.25 US dollar? yamaplos 01:56, 17 July 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Yamaplos ( talk • contribs)
I removed the incorrect statement from the introduction section:
"These fragments were known as Pieces of Eight."
Confusingly, while it is true that Spanish dollars were regularly cut into 8 pieces, and regularly called "Pieces of Eight", these facts are not directly related. See Spanish dollar for the actual usage and origin of the term "Pieces of Eight". Aidan ( talk) 06:51, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
The obverse photo on this article is actually the obverse from the 50 State quarter/Territories program. The current obverse (America the Beautiful series) uses John Flanagan's original design. I checked the mint website, but they didn't seem to have a photo of the new obverse. Does anyone know of any public domain resources that might have such a photograph?- RHM22 ( talk) 13:27, 25 November 2010 (UTC)
Commentary on my tagging this section in the article —
It's dubious that "individuals" were melting down 90% silver coins due to their higher value as metal than their official monetary value. How many people do you know who have a metal foundry in their house or garage with the tools and capabilities of smelting coin silver? Sounds ridiculous. The real story was that the U.S. Treasury, in collusion with the Federal Reserve Bank, were inflating the U.S. Dollar, and there was a real fear that foreign creditors would make a run on the gold reserves in Fort Knox. The government's "solution" to the dilemma was to de-monetize gold and silver coins, issue counterfeit cupro-nickel slugs in their place and remove the wording from Federal Reserve notes that they were "redeemable in lawful money of the United States". The circulated silver coins that supposedly were being melted down are still being traded in the precious metals market in 2011, as "junk silver", since individuals who possessed them squirreled them away in the face of a flood of counterfeits. See
Gresham's law. —
Quicksilver
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Speaking of the copper-nickel post-1965 coins, I have never heard the term the article uses, "Johnson sandwich." I've heard such coins referred to as "bologna sandwich" (or "baloney sandwich") coins (due to the appearance of a red stripe between white layers when viewed edge-on) by amateur coin collectors in the southeastern US, though. Has anyone else heard this term? Should the article include it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.41.40.24 ( talk) 23:53, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
Would it be appropriate to mention that the US quarter is frequently used as a gauge of tire tread wear? If the tread does not reach at the least reach the top of George Washington's head, then the tires need replacement for safety purposes. (For legal purposes, Lincoln's head on the cent is used.) The problem is that that distance varies with the type of quarter. The US Mint web site, half of which is broken, does not contain the information on what that distance is in. Bostoner ( talk) 02:09, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
I ended up here because the article on the Washington quarter is featured today on Wikipedia's main page, and I've been reading associated articles. I'd suggest that this article needs a major cleanup. While a list of designs is appropriate, and a brief mention (about a paragraph) of the current design is warranted, this isn't the place for a detailed history of that design, nor a discussion of the rarity of some issues of it. I could undertake the cleanup myself, but since the article would get shortened greatly I thought I'd throw it open for discussion here. Lord Geznikor ( talk) 21:06, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
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How can both 1/4 and 1/5 refer to the same amount? their referents must be different, so please somebody elaborate a bit that phrase -- Backinstadiums ( talk) 17:29, 17 July 2019 (UTC)
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I want to know what the current design is. Peppermint13me ( talk) 17:22, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
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Should (shouldn't) the photo of the John Flanagan Washington design be swapped with the Laura Gardin Fraser design on the main wiki entry? Unless the Flanagan design is still being used concurrently, in which case shouldn't both be shown since the modified Flanagan design was used for all the state quarters program since 1999 until just recently when the 1932 obverse was brought back for the special Washington quarter? 71.95.151.17 ( talk) 22:33, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
Two bits refers to the fact that the Spanish and British had a currency based on division by 240 (shillings for Britain). When the Americans moved into territory formally occupied by Spain (Louisiana Purchase and some other British places) their currency was the value being based on 100. Shopkeepers would tell Americans it was two such bits for the purchase: one Spanish coin or two American coins (and mostly in reference to the quarter). ItsACityOfApes ( talk) 03:45, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
Where do I put the previous version (1932 to 2021) of the quarter? IPs are people too ( talk) 00:39, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
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As these designs are in the public domain, I'd like to begin uploading images. Logically this page would be the place, but I'm afraid putting them all here would make the load time of the page too slow. Right now I'm toying with the idea of putting an extra table row at the bottom of each state's table and putting the image there. Anyone have thoughts on this? - Hephaestos 16:49, 26 Aug 2003 (UTC)
This may be nitpicking, but the obverse coin image you show is of a 1963 coin--one from the silver era (which explains the tarnish it is developing). It would be nice, if possible, to depict a non-silver (i.e. from 1965 or later) quarter instead. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.47.192.177 ( talk) 23:01, 14 February 2005 (UTC)
Should the infobox have the Nebraska reverse on it like that? It implies that all US quarters have that design on the reverse, which is (thankfully, as that one is terrible) not the case. I would think the best thing would be the use the old eagle, as it's the only one in common circulation that's not a limited issue, and presumably the US Mint will be going back to that design after they run out of states.
Kairos 19:32, 21 April 2006 (UTC) Mixed up "reverse" and "obverse" somehow.
Kairos 19:40, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
I take issue with this statement. Both the Susan B. Anthony and newer Sacajawea one-dollar coins are not very uncommon, typically being dispensed as change from vending machines for postage stamps, subway tickets and the like, even some change machines. They are not uncommon enough to raise the eyebrows of experienced cashiers. Duckspeaker 16:02, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
I understand the point of this section, trying to point out that quarters and coins in general can be of some value and investment (I've been a numismatist for several years now), but IMHO this seems just a tad too conversational, as well as opinionated.
I'm not so sure how to edit it myself, but that's my two cents (pun unintended). Hopefully someone out there can adjust it accordingly. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 157.242.220.131 ( talk) 04:32, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
See http://www.bhcoinclub.org/ for a picture of a 1933 quarter, which the coin club says has been authenticated.
1933 quarter —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.204.183.88 ( talk) 20:43, 22 November 2007 (UTC)
I entered references to an outside site (coinsite.com) which has articles on the coin designs. Collect ( talk) 18:56, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
The description of the coins' current makeup isn't quite clear. It says they are cupronickel and gives the percentages but also they are clad. Is this with silver? or nickel? or more cupronickel? If the last, what accounts for the "sandwich" appearance? Thanks. -- Jieagles ( talk) 22:39, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
What is this that the "value" is 0.284 U.S. dollar? Isn't the value precisely 0.25 US dollar? yamaplos 01:56, 17 July 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Yamaplos ( talk • contribs)
I removed the incorrect statement from the introduction section:
"These fragments were known as Pieces of Eight."
Confusingly, while it is true that Spanish dollars were regularly cut into 8 pieces, and regularly called "Pieces of Eight", these facts are not directly related. See Spanish dollar for the actual usage and origin of the term "Pieces of Eight". Aidan ( talk) 06:51, 30 October 2009 (UTC)
The obverse photo on this article is actually the obverse from the 50 State quarter/Territories program. The current obverse (America the Beautiful series) uses John Flanagan's original design. I checked the mint website, but they didn't seem to have a photo of the new obverse. Does anyone know of any public domain resources that might have such a photograph?- RHM22 ( talk) 13:27, 25 November 2010 (UTC)
Commentary on my tagging this section in the article —
It's dubious that "individuals" were melting down 90% silver coins due to their higher value as metal than their official monetary value. How many people do you know who have a metal foundry in their house or garage with the tools and capabilities of smelting coin silver? Sounds ridiculous. The real story was that the U.S. Treasury, in collusion with the Federal Reserve Bank, were inflating the U.S. Dollar, and there was a real fear that foreign creditors would make a run on the gold reserves in Fort Knox. The government's "solution" to the dilemma was to de-monetize gold and silver coins, issue counterfeit cupro-nickel slugs in their place and remove the wording from Federal Reserve notes that they were "redeemable in lawful money of the United States". The circulated silver coins that supposedly were being melted down are still being traded in the precious metals market in 2011, as "junk silver", since individuals who possessed them squirreled them away in the face of a flood of counterfeits. See
Gresham's law. —
Quicksilver
T
@ 23:04, 25 February 2011 (UTC)
Speaking of the copper-nickel post-1965 coins, I have never heard the term the article uses, "Johnson sandwich." I've heard such coins referred to as "bologna sandwich" (or "baloney sandwich") coins (due to the appearance of a red stripe between white layers when viewed edge-on) by amateur coin collectors in the southeastern US, though. Has anyone else heard this term? Should the article include it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.41.40.24 ( talk) 23:53, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
Would it be appropriate to mention that the US quarter is frequently used as a gauge of tire tread wear? If the tread does not reach at the least reach the top of George Washington's head, then the tires need replacement for safety purposes. (For legal purposes, Lincoln's head on the cent is used.) The problem is that that distance varies with the type of quarter. The US Mint web site, half of which is broken, does not contain the information on what that distance is in. Bostoner ( talk) 02:09, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
I ended up here because the article on the Washington quarter is featured today on Wikipedia's main page, and I've been reading associated articles. I'd suggest that this article needs a major cleanup. While a list of designs is appropriate, and a brief mention (about a paragraph) of the current design is warranted, this isn't the place for a detailed history of that design, nor a discussion of the rarity of some issues of it. I could undertake the cleanup myself, but since the article would get shortened greatly I thought I'd throw it open for discussion here. Lord Geznikor ( talk) 21:06, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
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How can both 1/4 and 1/5 refer to the same amount? their referents must be different, so please somebody elaborate a bit that phrase -- Backinstadiums ( talk) 17:29, 17 July 2019 (UTC)
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I want to know what the current design is. Peppermint13me ( talk) 17:22, 26 April 2021 (UTC)
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Should (shouldn't) the photo of the John Flanagan Washington design be swapped with the Laura Gardin Fraser design on the main wiki entry? Unless the Flanagan design is still being used concurrently, in which case shouldn't both be shown since the modified Flanagan design was used for all the state quarters program since 1999 until just recently when the 1932 obverse was brought back for the special Washington quarter? 71.95.151.17 ( talk) 22:33, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
Two bits refers to the fact that the Spanish and British had a currency based on division by 240 (shillings for Britain). When the Americans moved into territory formally occupied by Spain (Louisiana Purchase and some other British places) their currency was the value being based on 100. Shopkeepers would tell Americans it was two such bits for the purchase: one Spanish coin or two American coins (and mostly in reference to the quarter). ItsACityOfApes ( talk) 03:45, 16 January 2023 (UTC)
Where do I put the previous version (1932 to 2021) of the quarter? IPs are people too ( talk) 00:39, 4 March 2023 (UTC)