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Texas Quarters

Feb 28, 2004 3:01AM PST

WASHINGTON,D.C. ? (HA!)

Hang on to any of the new State of Texas quarters. If you have them, they may be worth much more
than 25 cents. The U.S. Treasury announced today that it is recalling all of the Texas quarters that
are part of its program featuring quarters from each state.

"We are recalling all the new Texas quarters that were recently issued,"Treasury Undersecretary
Jack Shackleford said Monday. "This action is being taken after numerous reports that new
quarters will not work in parking meters, toll booths, vending machines, pay phones, or other
coin-operated devices."

The quarters were issued in the order in which the various states joined the U.S. and have been a
tremendous success among coin collectors worldwide.


"The problem lies in the unique design of the Texas quarter, which was created by a Texas A&M
graduate," Shackleford said. "Apparently, the duct tape holding the two
dimes and the nickel
together keeps jamming the coin-operated devices."

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Re:Texas Quarters
Feb 28, 2004 3:31AM PST
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One problem with the link ...
Feb 28, 2004 4:36AM PST

When I click on your link I get a message that yzedf.com does not support offsite links to images. I did get to the image by copying the link before clicking on it, then pasting the link into the address bar of the browser window.

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Oops...Try this link.....
Feb 28, 2004 4:46AM PST
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I thought Arkansas was issuing nickles.
Feb 28, 2004 3:06PM PST

They are a little slow.

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Re:Texas Quarters
Feb 28, 2004 3:43AM PST

Apparently they are not using the Duct Tape correctly John. It takes a little practice and determination.

George

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(NT) Well "Robie", you took a big 'slap' at Texas A&M. Tell us all where you graduated from college.
Feb 28, 2004 6:22AM PST

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Re: Slap at A&M -- it's a cut-and-pasted joke, Jack ! (NT)
Feb 28, 2004 1:55PM PST

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That's fine Dave. I wonder why Robie couldn't have...
Feb 28, 2004 2:53PM PST

...said that (that you said), rather than the vile venomous stuff he posted which also talked about violence and vehement feelings?

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Message deleted at John's request; responses deleted for lost context (NT)
Feb 28, 2004 1:53PM PST

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