The quarters are all lined up. For 10 years starting in 1999, the United States Mint 50 State Quarters Program released a quarter design for each of the 50 states. The states were honored in age order -- oldest first -- according to when they ratified the Constitution or joined the Union.
~The U.S. Mint
$10 billion goes a long way. If you were lucky enough to have 10 billion Sacagawea golden dollars and you spent one every second of every day, guess how long they would last? In exactly 317 years, you would go broke!
~The U.S. Mint
Thomas Jefferson liked to count by tens. Thomas Jefferson, honored on the current U.S. nickel, was the first person to back the use of the decimal money system that we use today.
~The U.S. Mint
Coins last a lot longer than bills. The life expectancy of a circulating coin is 30 years, while paper money usually only lasts for 18 months.
~The U.S. Mint
