James Bucki. Despite the United States Mint manufacturing the 50 State Quarters by the hundreds of millions of coins, the venerable Statehood Quarters program is one of the most collected coin series in U.S. coin history.
What kind of metal are quarters made of?
What are Quarters Made of? It is a common misconception, often started when we were young kids, that the coins in our possession are Silver. There was a time in history that circulating coins consisted of Gold and Silver, but because the prices of metals increased, this was no longer practical.