New Arizona state quarters released on Monday


Published/Last Modified on Saturday, May 31, 2008 3:05 PM MDT


The State Capitol Senate Lawn in Phoenix will be the site of the Arizona Quarter Launch on Monday, June 2,, at 10 a.m..  United States Mint Director Ed Moy will join Governor Janet Napolitano in hosting the festivities. The public and news media are invited to this free event which celebrates the 48th commemorative quarter-dollar in the popular 50 State Quarters® Program.  


The Arizona quarter goes into circulation nationwide the same day.  After the ceremony, the public may exchange their bills for $10 rolls of shiny, new Arizona quarters at the event.  Each child under 18 attending the launch will receive a free Arizona quarter.

On the eve of the launch, the public and news media are invited to a free Coin Collectors Forum in the Carnegie Center from 3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. on  Sunday, June 1, 2008 hosted by United States Mint Director Ed Moy. The forum will provide an opportunity for the public to let United States Mint officials know what citizens would like to see on U.S.coinage in the future.

Arizona was the 48th state to be admitted into the Union on February 14, 1912.  The 50 State Quarters® Program honors the states in the ordered they joined the Union.

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Comments

    Conny Klufas wrote on Jun 1, 2008 5:32 PM:

    " If the Arizona coin is being released on June 2, 2008 ---how do you explain that I got the Arizona coin as change this morning (June 1) in a local San Antonio, TX grocery stoire ??? "

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