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2008 State Quarter Silver Proof Sets are now on sale by the United States Mint with each priced at $25.95. The non silver version of the state quarter proof sets went on sale back in January and are available for $13.95.

The main difference between the two is the 90% silver contained within each quarter of the silver sets. Both sets contain five proof quarters with their honoring commemorative designs:

• Oklahoma - “Scissortail Flycatcher”
• New Mexico - “Land of Enchantment”
• Arizona - “Grand Canyon State”
• Alaska - “The Great Land”
• Hawaii - “King Kamehameha I."

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The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) has announced that the First Day New York 2008 $2 Single Note is available for sale. This is the second in the 2008 series. The first $2 banknotes offered in January of 2008, the Atlanta Single Note, sold out extremely fast.

The New York collector's note features:

• Crisp, uncirculated Series 2003A
• Serial number beginning with “2008xxxxD”
• Designation from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York

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IRVINE, Calif. – Bowers and Merena Auctions, America's leading rare coin auction house, announces that it will auction the only 1932-D Washington Quarter graded MS-66 by PCGS in its upcoming Chicago Rarities Sale on April 15, 2008, in Rosemont, Ill.

The 1932-D Washington Quarter, Population 1/0 at PCGS, is part of the No. 1 ranked “Marquette-Yakima” NGC Registry Set of Washington Quarters 1932-1964, an extraordinary collection that contains a multitude of quality PCGS- and NGC-certified Washington Quarters, including some Population 1/0.

The complete collection will be auctioned in individual lots in Bowers and Merena’s Chicago Rarities Sale.

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