About this episode

The episode discusses the disappearance of billions of state quarters from circulation as part of a planned initiative.

Billions of state quarters disappeared from circulation...and that was exactly the plan.

People in this episode

Host: Roman Mars

Topics covered

• currency
• design
• history
• economics
• collectibles

Keywords

• state quarters
• currency design
• America
• circulation
• economic change

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: America

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