Coins Treasure World: 10 Fifty State Commemorative Coins

In 1999, the United States Mint launched the 50 State Quarters’ Program , with state reverse quarters to be issued from 1999 to 2008. Each year , a series of five quarters is produced with distinctive reverse symbolic of the states in the order they joined the Union. The reverse motifs depict some aspect of the history, tradition , or nature of each state.

To accommodate the creative designs intended for the reverse of the state quarters, the Mint modified the John Flanagan portrait of Washington , and the inscription

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

and QUARTER DOLLR were moved from the reverse to the obverse above and below the portrait , respectively . The year of issue was moved from the obverse to the reverse. LIBERTY and IN GOD WE TRUST were also relocated. The mint marks appears on the obverse near the bow of Washington’s periwig.

Circulation strikes are made at the Philadelphia and Denver mints , while the San Francisco Mint Proofs are struck for collectors , in clad composition as well as silver.

Clad Composition : Outer layers of copper-nickel ( 75 % copper and 25 % Nickel )

bonded to an inner core of pure copper.

Diameter : 24.30 mm .

Weight : 87.50 grains ( 5.67 grams )

Edge : Reeded .

Silver Composition: 90 % Silver , 10 % Copper .

Diameter : 24.30 mm

Weight : 96.45 grains ( 6.25 grams )

Edge : Reeded

A new coin program was approved at the end of 2007: it calls for the U.S. Mint to produce, in a sequence, six unique quarters in 2009. They commemorate the District of Columbia and the five U.S. Territories: the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin islands and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana islands . These quarters feature George Washington’s Portrait on the Obverse. The revere of each coin honors the history , geography or traditions of the place it symbolizes.