The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 16, April 17, 2005, Article 6

MINNESOTA QUARTERS DEBUT AMID CEREMONY

It isn't every day that a new coin debuts, although it may seem
that way at times. The state quarters are often rolled out with
much ceremony. On April 14th the Sun newspapers of
Minnesota published an account of the festivities surrounding
that state's new quarter design:

"Nic McKenney sat on a soggy hay bale, as Gov. Tim Pawlenty
placed a quarter in his hand Tuesday."

All of Minnesota – including a sizeable portion of Eden Prairie –
was represented at Tuesday’s official launching of the Minnesota
state quarter at the Capitol in St. Paul.

Thousands of people, including at least 5,000 schoolchildren
from throughout the state, stood in the rain to watch Pawlenty
affix an enlarged image of the Minnesota quarter to a map of
the United States.

The ceremony concluded with a convoy of armored cars rolling
up Cedar Street, so every child in the crowd could receive one
of the first Minnesota quarters."

"... U.S. Mint Director Henrietta Holsman Fore... praised
the coin as “the state’s newest, and smallest, ambassador,”
celebrating Minnesota’s natural beauty.

The Minnesota quarter was first struck March 14, and will
be minted for only 10 weeks."

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  Wayne Homren, Editor

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