<sod>The 50 State Quarters Program was started to support a new generation of coin collectors,<ref name=Muoio>Muoio, Anna. (1999-11-30) [http://www.fastcompany.com/38508/mint-condition "Mint Condition"], Fast Company. Retrieved 2011-01-16.</ref><ref>David L. Ganz, "The Official Guidebook to America's State Quarters", Random House, 2000.</ref> and it became the most successful [[Numismatics|numismatic]] program in history, with roughly half of the U.S. population collecting the coins, either in a casual manner or as a serious pursuit.<ref name="nyt nov07">{{cite news|last=Healey|first=Matthew|title=State Quarters Near End of Popular Run|publisher=New York Times|date=2007-11-28|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/28/us/28coins.html?em&ex=1196398800&en=5053b00525f22372&ei=5087%0A |accessdate=2007-11-28| archiveurl= //web.archive.org/web/20071130095633/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/28/us/28coins.html?em&ex=1196398800&en=5053b00525f22372&ei=5087%0A| archivedate= 30 November 2007 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> The U.S. federal government so far has made additional profits of $3.0 billion from collectors [[seigniorage|taking the coins out of circulation]].<ref name="StateQuarters">{{cite web|title=50 State Quarters Report: 10 Years of Honoring Our Nation's History and Heritage|url=http://www.usmint.gov/downloads/mint_programs/50sqReport.pdf|publisher=U.S. Mint|accessdate=24 January 2014}}</ref><eod>
<sod>The 50 State Quarters Program was started to support a new generation of coin collectors,<ref name=Muoio>Muoio, Anna. (1999-11-30) [http://www.fastcompany.com/38508/mint-condition "Mint Condition"], Fast Company. Retrieved 2011-01-16.</ref><ref>David L. Ganz, "The Official Guidebook to America's State Quarters", Random House, 2000.</ref> and it became the most successful [[Numismatics|numismatic]] program in history, with roughly half of the U.S. population collecting the coins, either in a casual manner or as a serious pursuit.<ref name="nyt nov07">{{cite news|last=Healey |first=Matthew |title=State Quarters Near End of Popular Run |publisher=New York Times |date=2007-11-28 |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/28/us/28coins.html?em&ex=1196398800&en=5053b00525f22372&ei=5087%0A |accessdate=2007-11-28 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071130095633/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/28/us/28coins.html?em&ex=1196398800&en=5053b00525f22372&ei=5087%0A |archivedate=30 November 2007 |deadurl=no |df= }}</ref> The U.S. federal government so far has made additional profits of $3.0 billion from collectors [[seigniorage|taking the coins out of circulation]].<ref name="StateQuarters">{{cite web|title=50 State Quarters Report: 10 Years of Honoring Our Nation's History and Heritage|url=http://www.usmint.gov/downloads/mint_programs/50sqReport.pdf|publisher=U.S. Mint|accessdate=24 January 2014}}</ref><eod>