A Favor

This favor goes out to all of our United States based readers.

A few months before we came back to America I had a student come up to me to ask a favor. He lived in the U.S. for about 7 years and while he was there he started collecting the quarters with the States on them. He managed to get twenty quarters, as they were released, but once he moved back to Japan he couldn’t get them anymore and his collection stopped.

When he found out that I was going to the U.S., he asked me if I would mind trying to pick up some of the states he was missing. He is a wonderful student, speaks great English, and I decided that it was well worth it to try to help this guy out. I asked my Dad to dig through his jar of change and we managed to find most of the quarters he needed but we are still missing a few.

I would really love to help this guy complete his quarter collection, if at all possible, so I was wondering if you, my fabulous and loyal readers, would mind digging through your own pockets and change jars to see if you have any of the ones he needs.

He needs Missouri, California, Nebraska, North Dakota, Alaska and Hawaii.

And, tell you what, I will make it worth your while. Anyone to find one of the quarters and send it my way will get a little bit of Japan sent back to you. I can’t make any promises about what it might be, but I assure you it will make you smile.

So, dig through your stashes. Check the change that you get at the register and let me know what you find. Just shout out in the comments if you find what I’m looking for and I will give you my address, in case you don’t have it already.

Thanks a bunch my friends!

Posted on Wednesday, October 1st, 2008 at 1:49 pm. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

5 Responses to “A Favor”

  1. Jill says:

    I’m on it! Alaska came out at the end of August and is still working its way to Chicago. Hawaii is still to be released. Otherwise, I can send you the others.

    Did you know (not that you’ll be able to use it, but still) that there are teacher lesson plans for the 50 state quarters?
    http://www.usmint.gov/kids/teachers/lessonPlans/50sq/

  2. Rollergirl says:

    I went hunting and found decent Missouri and Nebraska coins that I can send you. I’ll keep on the lookout for the others. I know I saw an Alaska somewhere the other day. I don’t think I’ve seen a Hawaii yet though.

  3. Bill says:

    I found a North Dakota coin. Also a Canadian quarter if interested. Will keep an eye out if anything else shows up.

  4. Tina G says:

    We’ve got a couple Californias and the Lewis and Clark nickel. How do we send them to you?

  5. Tina G says:

    I also have an Alaska. I posted earlier that we have Cali and the Lewis and Clark nickel, but I don’t know what happened to that. Send us the address and we’ll get them right off!

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