| Collecting coins has been a long-standing hobby | | | | Additionally, each state had the opportunity to |
| which has been generally enjoyed by children and | | | | provide three concepts or iconic symbols that |
| adults alike. Some of the reasons why individuals | | | | best represented their state. These concepts |
| collect coins are that some coins can be valuable | | | | where then reviewed by the Citizens Coinage |
| and increase in value over the years. While for | | | | Advisory Committee and the U.S. Commission on |
| others, coin collecting is just an opportunity to | | | | the Arts. The recommendations were presented |
| gather coins together and appreciate and pass the | | | | to the United States Mint for approval by the |
| collection on to family generations. | | | | Secretary of the Treasury. |
| Additionally, there are many coin collecting | | | | For example on the Wisconsin State quarter the |
| avenues that an individual can go down. For | | | | front of the quarter contains a dairy cow, cheese, |
| example one can collect old and rare coins, while | | | | ear of corn and the state motto which is |
| another individual may simply choose to collect | | | | "Forward." Or for the Texas quarter the outline of |
| specific coin denominations. Some of those | | | | the State of Texas is engraved along with a star |
| denominations could include pennies, nickels, dimes, | | | | and the inscription "Lone Star State." |
| etc. | | | | Benefits |
| One other example of coin collection can be the | | | | There can be many benefits associated with the |
| collection of state quarters. This type of collection | | | | state quarter coin collecting process. One of those |
| would obviously be called quarter coin collecting | | | | benefits is to present to a child the opportunity of |
| and associated with this type of collection can be | | | | learning more about the United States of America. |
| a number of benefits. Additionally, if considering a | | | | This can be accomplished by collecting these |
| quarter coin collecting hobby it is important to | | | | quarters and matching these quarters in an |
| know the background of these coins and some | | | | appropriate circle on the state within the union. |
| benefits associated with quarter coin collecting. | | | | This will help the young child to learn about the |
| Background State Quarter Coin Collecting | | | | United States of America as well as the symbols |
| The state quarter coin collecting series was | | | | that depict or reflect the state's contribution to |
| initiated by the Federal Reserve Bank and the | | | | the United States of America. In addition quarter |
| coins began to be minted in 1999. The plan | | | | coin collecting can be a geographical lesson for the |
| included the production and circulating of quarters | | | | young person. This will be accomplished as the |
| representing five states per year for ten years. | | | | young child will learn where each state is |
| Therefore, the last year of state quarter minting | | | | geographically. |
| would be accomplished by the year 2008. | | | | |