WEBVTT - How often do state quarters come out?

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to brain Stuff from house stuff works dot com

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<v Speaker 1>where smart happens. Hi Am Marshall Brain with today's question,

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<v Speaker 1>how often do the State quarters come out? And how

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<v Speaker 1>many does the MINT produce? In the U s. Mint

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<v Speaker 1>started producing a series of fifty state quarters, one for

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<v Speaker 1>each state in the United States. They've been coming out

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<v Speaker 1>at a rate of five per year over the last

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<v Speaker 1>ten years. In other words, a new state quarter is

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<v Speaker 1>issued every ten weeks or so. They've been released in

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<v Speaker 1>the same order that the states joined the Union. At

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<v Speaker 1>the end of two thousand and eight, the last state Quarter,

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<v Speaker 1>Hawaii comes out. The MINT produces production figures. These figures

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<v Speaker 1>indicate that the MINT produces something like three hundred to

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<v Speaker 1>three hundred fifty million quarters every month. Therefore, in a

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<v Speaker 1>ten week run, each state gets something like eight hundred

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<v Speaker 1>million or so quarters minted. These quarters are dumped into

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<v Speaker 1>general circulation by sending them out through the commercial bank network.

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<v Speaker 1>Given that there are approximately three million people in the

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<v Speaker 1>United States, there are at least two quarters for each

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<v Speaker 1>state that every one of us can collect. Do you

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