56 U.S. State, D.C. & Territory Quarters

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All 56 American state, D.C. and territory quarters with their images explained. Anyone who has handled coins of the United States in recent years has most likely noticed the wide variety of designs on the 25 cent pieces or quarters. The quarter dollar coin has been in use with various designs since 1796. It was between 1932 and 1998, that the design of the quarter included a portrait of George Washington on the obverse side and a bald eagle, the national bird, on the reverse side. The eagle perched on a bundle of arrows with olive branches below. In 1997, Congress issued the United States Commemorative Coin Program Act, which was signed into law by then President Bill Clinton on December 1, 1997, which established the 50 state quarter program. Beginning in 1999, the long familiar eagle design was replaced with a design emblematic of each of the 50 states. Five coins were issued each year between 1999 and 2008, or one every 10 weeks. The coins were issued in the order that the states ratified the Constitution. George Washington’s portrait on the observe side was also slightly redesigned. The United States of America scrolls above his head, while the words Quarter Dollar are displayed beneath. The word Liberty appears to the left of Washington and the national motto of “In God We Trust,” adopted in 1956, appears to the right. The Mint mark for each coin appears below this, an S for the San Francisco Mint, a D for Denver Mint, and a P for the Philadelphia Mint. The great majority of coins in circulation are from the Denver and Philadelphia mints, while coins from the San Francisco Mint are mostly proof coins produced for collectors. The reverse side’s central design is different for each quarter, but always displays the states name across the top with the year that the state ratified the Constitution directly below that. The Latin phrase of “E Pluribus Unum,” in use since 1776, appears at the bottom, which translates to “Out of Many One.” Above this is the year that the coin was minted. After the conclusion of the 50 state quarters in 2008, six additional new quarters were issued the following year in 2009 for the federal District of Columbia and the five territories of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands. Additional Tags: Delaware Pennsylvania New Jersey Georgia Connecticut Massachusetts Maryland South Carolina New Hampshire Virginia New York North Carolina Rhode Island Vermont Kentucky Tennessee Ohio Louisiana Indiana Mississippi Illinois Alabama Maine Missouri Arkansas Michigan Florida Texas Iowa Wisconsin California Minnesota Oregon Kansas West Virginia Nevada Nebraska Colorado North Dakota South Dakota Montana Washington Idaho Wyoming Utah Oklahoma New Mexico Arizona Alaska Hawaii Background music credit: "Perspectives" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/