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[RoyGBiv]

You can order Mint sets at banks that provide that service, but not at face value. You can sometimes get rolls of the state quarters, i.e. more recent coins, if you ask. It's all based on what they have at the moment, and they tend only to stockpile for these purposes more recent offerings.

That said, I have been able to get certain years of coins from friendly tellers, but not generally anything that would be considered a collector's item unless they just happened to have it in their drawer and I knew them. The bicentennial quarters were produced in such quantity that you can still find them in abundance in general circulation (bicentennial quarters were minted in both 1975 and 1976 and dated 1976), so it never hurts to ask.

Personally, for something like that, I'd suggest a Mint or Proof set from 1976. They're not all that expensive, 10-15 dollars. OnEdit: Clarification. Mint sets are around 10-15 dollars, Proof sets more.