How many hawaii quarters were made

He had received one of the first Hawaii quarters in and immediately put it in a little cardboard "flip" featuring a clear plastic window. Then in January he was surfing eBay and came across a Hawaii Statehood quarter featuring the two extra islands. As he added two more "extra islands" quarters to his collection, Au-Franz began searching for even more.

Then last month a co-worker at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard brought Au-Franz several rolls of quarters and found one that had funny marks between Kamehameha and Hawaii island. Mahalo for supporting Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Enjoy this free story! What happened here is carelessness at the Philadelphia Mint. Basically someone or something came into contact with the die used to make the P Hawaii Statehood quarters and the gouge in the die created an erroneous depiction of the Hawaiian Islands.

If you look South of the area between Oahu and Molokai two? The state motto is written on the coin. Hawaii was the last state to join the Union in This was the 50th coin released in the Statehood Quarters program.

The core of the coins were solid copper. These coins, however, were produced in silver for special Silver Proof Sets. If you ever run across anything that looks unusual with the Hawaii State Quarter, please contact one of our experts to have the error verified, or send the coin to a professional grading company for their opinion.

These coins can be spent, saved, or taken to the bank. The Hawaii quarters entered circulation last Monday but it will take days or weeks before they become widely distributed around the state. Congress found the state program to be so popular and profitable, it authorized a new round of quarters for the District of Columbia and five U.

Those will be released next year. Becky Bailey, a spokeswoman for the Mint, said no flaws have been discovered in the Hawaii quarters. Still, the program has become an international hit. While he is in Hawaii, Moy is being shadowed by two officials of the Japanese Mint who are studying the U.

The Japanese Mint now offers a special collectable coin for each of its 47 prefectures that commemorates the 60th anniversary of the country's establishment of local government jurisdictions.

The value will depend on the series and the coin's condition. Below we will examine the value for each series. These coins only sell for a premium in the higher condition grades.

This coin is worth at least its weight in silver. About uncirculated- There is a slight trace of wear on the high points of the design.