For now...likely not for long...

I upgraded my State Quarter example from an MS68 Iowa quarter to a 2002-P Louisiana quarter, graded MS69 by PCGS. The state quarters prior to the SMS/Satin releases (which started in 2005) are hard to find in MS69, so I thought this was a good purchase. It's not my favorite design of the series, but it's also not my least favorite. It's what I can afford to have as an almost perfect example in my 21st Century Type Set. It's a happy side effect, at least at the time this journal is being posted, that this beautiful coin also puts me at Number 1 for the non-proof 21st Century Type Set.

I will not be able to post on here for the next week or so, and I'm rushing around, so this will have to be long enough.

Cheers, and happy collecting!

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