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Promote Numismatics with American Women Quarters

Whenever there is a major change in a nation’s coins or currency, there is invariably a surge in numismatic collector interest. When the U.S. Statehood quarter series debuted in 1999, the U.S. Mint reported a couple years later that there were about 100 million people collecting these coins.

There are multiple new coin issues this decade, with the first being the 2021-dated Morgan and Peace silver dollars. At the beginning of 2022, the four-year series honoring a total of 20 American women on circulating quarters began. The concept for the American Women quarter series was loaded with prospects for sparking greater numismatic interest. Unfortunately, between the U.S.

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