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Mint Arizona First Day Coin Cover on sale - CoinNews
Jul 1 at 5:05pm
The United States Mint 2008 Arizona Official First Day Cover went on sale today, June 30.
The 35,000 limited edition covers are the 48th in the series and include two shiny Arizona state quarters featuring an image of the Grand Canyon with a Saguaro cactus in the foreground.
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Arizona State Quarters in Circulation - CoinNews
Jun 5 at 10:10am
Arizona quarters were launched into circulation yesterday with the United States Mint release ceremony on the lawn of the state Capital in Phoenix.
The ceremony was full of local excitement with a Mariachi band playing, free mint ice-cream drumsticks and free Arizona quarters for everyone 18 and under. Earlier, United States Mint Director Ed Moy commented…
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Thousands attend state-quarter ceremony - The Arizona Republic
Jun 3 at 1:01pm
Thousands of Arizonans, from schoolchildren to grandparents to state dignitaries, packed the Capitol lawn Monday for the roll out of the state commemorative quarter. The celebration, replete with an old-fashioned red stagecoach, mariachi band and free mint ice-cream drumsticks, marked the culmination of a public process that began three years ago with more than 4,000 quarter designs.
It also offered coin collectors their first chance to get their hands on the much-anticipated Arizona quarter.
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Mint to unveil quarter coin featuring Arizona
Jun 2 at 9:09am
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Arizona quarter and release ceremony - CoinNews
May 23 at 1:01pm
Arizona, the Grand Canyon state, will launch their grand quarter into circulation starting with an official release ceremony on June 2, 2008. The public invited event will host Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano and United States Mint Director Ed Moy and includes several planned activities. There is also a special Coin Collectors Forum on the day prior.
The Arizona commemorative quarter is the third for this year and the 48th quarter-dollar in the 50 State Quarters® Program set for release. Arizona was the 48th state to be admitted into the Union on February 14, 1912.
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Grand Canyon state to launch grand quarter - United States Mint
May 22 at 2:02pm
Arizona Quarter Launch at State Capitol among First Places for Public to Get New Quarters
The State Capitol Senate Lawn in Phoenix will be the site of the Arizona Quarter Launch on Monday, June 2, 2008, at 10 a.m. (Arizona Time). United States Mint Director Ed Moy will join Governor Janet Napolitano in hosting the festivities. The public and news media are invited to this free event which celebrates the 48th commemorative quarter-dollar in the popular 50 State Quarters® Program.
The Arizona quarter goes into circulation nationwide the same day. After the ceremony, the public may exchange their bills for $10 rolls of shiny, new Arizona quarters at the event. Each child under 18 attending the launch will receive a free Arizona quarter.
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Arizona finally gets its quarter - The Arizona Republic
May 17 at 5:05pm
Arizonans should be accustomed to waiting. We had to wait years for such things as professional sports teams, Ikea and light rail.
And now, with the U.S. Mint’s 50 State Quarters program in its 10th year, we’re finally getting ours, all because of the original wait - for statehood. On Friday, the 48th state’s design became the 48th state quarter as the Grand Canyon and saguaro began their minting run in Denver.
But we’re going to have to wait a little bit longer because the coins aren’t likely to show up in tills around the Valley for another two weeks or so, according to Michael White, a U.S. Mint spokesman.
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