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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>WASHINGTON</span></font></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, <st1:State
w:st="on">D.C.</st1:State> -- Hang on to any of the new State of <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Idaho</st1:place></st1:State> quarters if you
can get them. They may wind up being worth much more than their face value of 25
cents. Why? Because the U.S.Treasury announced today that it is recalling all
of the Idaho quarters which are part of its program featuring quarters
commemorating each state of the Union and its year of admission. "We are
recalling all the new <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Idaho</st1:place></st1:State>
quarters that were ecently irssued", Treasury Under secretary Jack
Shackleford said Monday. "This action is being taken after numerous
reports that the new <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Idaho</st1:place></st1:State>
quarters will not work in parking meters, vending machines, pay phones, or
other coin-operated devices. "The problem lies in the unique design of
the <st1:State w:st="on">Idaho</st1:State> quarter, which was created by a <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Boise</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> graduate who
was nominated by several members of the Idaho Board of Education",
Shackleford said. "Apparently, the duct tape holding the two dimes and
nickel together keeps jamming the coin-operated devices." Members of the
State Board were unavailable for comment.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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