State Quarters.....
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poltr1Tonight I went to Ritter's Frozen Custard and received two Alabama state quarters as change. The reverse features a famous Alabaman -- Helen Keller -- stitting in a chair.
Like many people, I've been collecting the US state quarters since the first one (Delaware) came out just over 4 years ago. The album I have has slots for both Philadelphia and Denver minted quarters, and I'm trying to collect one from each of the two mints.
Here's a new meme for those of you in the States: Where were you, or what were you doing, when you first came across each of the state quarters?
Even though I can't remember many of the locations -- they probably came from vending machines, or change from restaurants or supermarkets -- I can remember my excitement at seeing another new state quarter.
1999
Delaware: Can't remember.
Pennsylvania: The home of one of my New Warrior brothers. There was one on the kitchen table.
New Jersey: At a Tim Horton's in Centerville, Ohio. There was one in the "send a kid to camp" box by the cash register.
Georgia: Can't remember.
Connecticut: From a vending machine at work (one job ago).
2000
Massachusetts: Can't remember.
Maryland: Can't remember.
South Carolina: From the cafeteria at work (current job).
New Hampshire: Can't remember. I think my wife brought one home for me.
Virginia: Can't remember.
2001
New York: Can't remember.
North Carolina: Can't remember. (Don't they have any other claim to fame besides "First In Flight"? Sheesh!)
Rhode Island: Can't remember.
Vermont: At the local Italian Fall Festa, put on by the Sons of Italy lodge in Ketternig, Ohio.
Kentucky: From the cafeteria at work.
2002
Tennessee: Can't remember.
Ohio: From the cafeteria at work.
Louisiana: Can't remember.
Indiana: Can't remember.
Mississippi: Can't remember. But I read about it on Thanksgiving weekend, in a magazine article, which included a picture of the reverse. It took me a while to realize they were magnolias. What I saw looked like a waterfall in high mountains.
2003
Illinois: Can't remember.
Alabama: See above.
Maine: Not out yet.
Missouri: Not out yet. But I heard a story on NPR last year about an artist who submitted a design, found out it was modified by the mint, and had stickers printed up containing the design as it was originally submitted.
Arkansas: Not out yet.
Like many people, I've been collecting the US state quarters since the first one (Delaware) came out just over 4 years ago. The album I have has slots for both Philadelphia and Denver minted quarters, and I'm trying to collect one from each of the two mints.
Here's a new meme for those of you in the States: Where were you, or what were you doing, when you first came across each of the state quarters?
Even though I can't remember many of the locations -- they probably came from vending machines, or change from restaurants or supermarkets -- I can remember my excitement at seeing another new state quarter.
1999
Delaware: Can't remember.
Pennsylvania: The home of one of my New Warrior brothers. There was one on the kitchen table.
New Jersey: At a Tim Horton's in Centerville, Ohio. There was one in the "send a kid to camp" box by the cash register.
Georgia: Can't remember.
Connecticut: From a vending machine at work (one job ago).
2000
Massachusetts: Can't remember.
Maryland: Can't remember.
South Carolina: From the cafeteria at work (current job).
New Hampshire: Can't remember. I think my wife brought one home for me.
Virginia: Can't remember.
2001
New York: Can't remember.
North Carolina: Can't remember. (Don't they have any other claim to fame besides "First In Flight"? Sheesh!)
Rhode Island: Can't remember.
Vermont: At the local Italian Fall Festa, put on by the Sons of Italy lodge in Ketternig, Ohio.
Kentucky: From the cafeteria at work.
2002
Tennessee: Can't remember.
Ohio: From the cafeteria at work.
Louisiana: Can't remember.
Indiana: Can't remember.
Mississippi: Can't remember. But I read about it on Thanksgiving weekend, in a magazine article, which included a picture of the reverse. It took me a while to realize they were magnolias. What I saw looked like a waterfall in high mountains.
2003
Illinois: Can't remember.
Alabama: See above.
Maine: Not out yet.
Missouri: Not out yet. But I heard a story on NPR last year about an artist who submitted a design, found out it was modified by the mint, and had stickers printed up containing the design as it was originally submitted.
Arkansas: Not out yet.
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Date: 2003-05-05 08:38 pm (UTC)ME
Date: 2003-05-06 06:40 pm (UTC)That's me.
I know a NW bro rom NJ collects the state quarters too.
I used to collect coins, my grandfather was a big collector and my dad dabbled for awhile.
I gave up a long time ago on collecting coins, baseball cards, beer cans and everything else.
It seems like the only thing I connect these days is Mens' movement books.
Re: ME
Date: 2003-05-06 08:26 pm (UTC)The full story was that Doug -- one of the men who used to host our I-group in his basement -- had the Pennsylvania coin on his kitchen table. (I soon found out that he was a fraternity brother of mine, from a different chapter. His jaw hit the floor when I gave him our fraternity challenge.)
I still collect lots of things, from comic books to bottle caps, although I'm not as into the collections as I used to. My uncle was also a collector. When he passed away in '89, my parents were given power of attorney for his estate, and his collections.
The shadow behind that is that I can surround and isolate myself with my possessions, and let my possesions possess me.