Keith Burgess-Jackson, J.D., Ph.D.

I just got my 77th state quarter (South Carolina, 2000P) out of 100, which is far more than you have. There's a right way and a wrong way to collect these coins. The wrong way is to buy quarters from the bank and look through them. The right way is to examine your change on a day-to-day basis. I do things the right way. It would never even occur to me to do things the wrong way.