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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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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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US paper money and coins less artistic - The Arizona Republic
May 12 at 11:11am
And no, not just that the American peso has dropped historically against the euro, making trips to France and Italy half-again more costly than they used to be.
Rather, our $5, $10 and $20 bills and our coins have suffered a severe drop in quality when considered as art.
Yes, money is art, whether it’s the engraving that makes up the bills or the bas-relief sculpture on our coins. There are long histories in both as art mediums, from the intricate lozenge-and-dot portraits of the 17th and 18th centuries and the commemorative medallions struck from the Renaissance on.
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