How rare (and valuable) is your state quarter?

(NEXSTAR) – There are a lot of changes to U.S. money rolling out (or, in the case of the penny, not rolling out) this year, including the addition of President Donald Trump’s signature on paper currency and redesigned coinage to honor America’s 250th anniversary.

While the coins in the latter group are focused on the nation’s major achievements, coins to honor each state have already been in circulation for more than two decades – some of which may be worth more than their minted value.

Those are, of course, the 50 State Quarters produced during a 10-year program at the turn of the century.

What was the 50 State Quarters program?

Just as the name implies, a separate quarter was minted for every state during the program, which ran from 1999 to 2008, according to the U.S. Mint. Every year, five new states were honored, in order of when they ratified the Constitution or were admitted into the Union. On the reverse of each is a unique design of state features or iconic moments in history.

At least 400 million of each quarter was minted, Mint records show. For some, especially along the East Coast, more than 1 billion were minted. There were more quarters released early on, fueled by Y2K-related concerns in the late 1990s, followed by a slowing economy in 2001 due to production differences.

In total, the Mint........

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