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State's quarter may not show up in circulation for two weeks

By Associated Press
Published: 1/24/2008 10:42 AM
Last Modified: 1/24/2008 10:42 AM

OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Oklahoma state quarter officially goes into nationwide circulation Monday, but it may be a couple of weeks before the shiny piece of change starts showing up.

It is the first circulating coin to be launched in the state and it officially will be unveiled at a ceremony Monday at the Oklahoma History Center, the same day banks nationally start receiving the quarter.

More than 500 million of the quarters will be produced, according to Dan Shaver, acting deputy director of the U.S. Mint.

“Once we’ve completed the production run, that will be the end of the Oklahoma quarter, and we will go on to the next state quarter, which is New Mexico,” Shaver said.

The only sure way to get a quarter on the first day of issue is to be at the ceremony where $10 rolls of the quarters will be sold. There is a limit of 10 rolls per person and only cash will be accepted.

A special commemorative set will be sold for $5, with a limit of five sets per person.

Shaver says the Mint will give a free quarter to each child under the age of 18 who attends Monday’s ceremony.

Shaver said a coin collector’s forum will be held Sunday from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the history center.

“It will be a great opportunity for Oklahomans to come meet with us and give us their ideas on what they’d like to see on the nation’s coinage,” Shaver said.

The coin is being produced at the Denver mint.

Each of the 50 states is getting one of the commemorative quarters that are issued in order of the state’s admission into the union. Oklahoma is the 46th state.

The tail side of the quarter features the scissortail flycatcher in flight with a field of Indian blanket wildflowers on the bottom half. The name Oklahoma is at the top with the year of statehood -- 1907 -- underneath. By Associated Press

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Graychin, Eucha (1/24/2008 4:45:37 PM)

I'm looking forward to seeing a real, live Oklahoma quarter. But some folks don't like birds and flowers.

Let the complaining begin.

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