It's generally considered a bad thing if you can't see the forest for the trees, and this can be especially true when it comes to one 2005 quarter in particular. To use another applicable idiom ...

People of a certain generation will remember the year-long bicentennial celebration of 1976, when the United States celebrated ... a series of bicentennial quarters to commemorate the event ...

But you could still find some state quarters that are worth more than the usual 25 cents. Before you toss that random quarter in a fountain or Coinstar, you might want to check if it’s worth ...