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State Quarters
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The 50 State Quarters program is the release of a series of commemorative coins by the United States Mint . Between 1999 and 2008 (anticipated completion date), it features each of the United States ' 50 individual U.S. states on unique designs for the reverse of the quarter
The state quarter program
During the program, a new statehood quarter is released by the United States Mint roughly every ten weeks; five designs are released each year. Each quarter's reverse celebrates one of the 50 states with a design honoring its unique history, traditions and symbols, usually designed by a resident of that state and chosen by the state government.
The quarters are released in the same order that the states joined the Union . The obverse of each quarter is the same, but is a redesign over the previous design of the quarter .
The statehood quarters program has become one of the most popular commemorative coin programs in United States history; the United States Mint has estimated that over one hundred million individuals have collected state quarters, either formally or informally.
Although the statehood program is, by legislation, intended to include only the 50 states, legislation has twice been introduced in Congress to extend the program an additional year to include the District of Columbia , the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , and the U.S. territories of Guam , the U.S. Virgin Islands and American Samoa . As of June 2004 , this legislation had not yet reached a floor vote.
Quarter details
State
Release Date (Statehood Date) Mintage Numbers
Design
Elements Depicted
Delaware January 1 , 1999 (December 7 , 1787 ) 774,824,000
Caesar Rodney on horseback
Pennsylvania March 8 , 1999 (December 12 , 1787 ) 707,332,000
"Commonwealth" statue, state outline, keystone
New Jersey May 17 , 1999 (December 18 , 1787 ) 662,228,000
"Washington Crossing the Delaware "
Georgia July 19 , 1999 (January 2 , 1788 ) 939,932,000
Peach , Live oak sprigs, state outline
Connecticut October 12 , 1999 (January 9 , 1788 ) 1,346,624,000
Charter Oak
Massachusetts January 3 , 2000 (February 6 , 1788 ) 1,163,784,000
"The Minuteman" statue, state outline
Maryland March 13 , 2000 (April 28 , 1788 ) 1,234,732,000
Dome of the Maryland state house , White oak clusters
South Carolina May 22 , 2000 (May 23 , 1788 ) 1,308,784,000
Palmetto tree, Carolina Wren , yellow jessamine, state outline
New Hampshire August 7 , 2000 (June 21 , 1788 ) 1,169,016,000
"The Old Man of the Mountain ," nine stars
Virginia October 16 , 2000 (June 25 , 1788 ) 1,594,616,000
Ships Susan Constant Godspeed Discovery
New York January 2 , 2001 (July 26 , 1788 ) 1,275,040,000
Statue of Liberty , eleven stars, state outline with line tracing Hudson River and Erie Canal
North Carolina March 12 , 2001 (November 21 , 1789 ) 1,055,476,000
Wright Flyer , Wilbur and Orville Wright
Rhode Island May 21 , 2001 (May 29 , 1790 ) 870,100,000
Vintage sailboat in Narragansett Bay , Pell Bridge
Vermont August 6 , 2001 (March 4 , 1791 ) 882,804,000
Maple trees with sap buckets, Camel's Hump Mountain
Kentucky October 15 , 2001 (June 1 , 1792 ) 723,564,000
Thoroughbred racehorse behind fence, Federal Hill mansionMy Old Kentucky Home "
Tennessee January 2 , 2002 (June 1 , 1796 ) 648,068,000
Fiddle , trumpet , guitar , musical score, three stars
Ohio March 18 , 2002 (March 1 , 1803 ) 632,032,000
Wright Flyer , spacesuit , state outline
Louisiana May 30 , 2002 (April 30 , 1812 ) 764,204,000
Pelican; trumpet with musical notes, outline of Louisiana Purchase on map of U.S.
Indiana August 2 , 2002 (December 11 , 1816 ) 689,800,000
Racecar , state outline, 19 stars
Mississippi October 15 , 2002 (December 10 , 1817 ) 579,600,000
Two magnolia blossoms
Illinois January 2 , 2003 (December 3 , 1818 ) 463,200,000
Young Abraham Lincoln ; farm scene; Chicago skyline; state outline; 21 stars, 11 on left edge and 10 on right
Alabama March 17 , 2003 (December 14 , 1819 ) 457,400,000
Helen Keller , seated, longleaf pine branch, Magnolia blossomsBraille .
Maine June 2 , 2003 (March 15 , 1820 ) 448,800,000
Pemaquid Point Light ; schooner at sea
Missouri August 4 , 2003 (August 10 , 1821 ) 453,200,000
Gateway Arch , Lewis and Clark returning down Missouri River
Arkansas October 20 , 2003 (June 15 , 1836 ) 457,800,000
Diamond, rice stalks, mallard duck flying above a lake
Michigan January 26 , 2004 (January 26 , 1837 ) 459,600,000
State outline, outline of Great Lakes system
Florida March 29 , 2004 (March 3 , 1845 ) 481,800,000
Spanish galleon, Sabal palm trees, Space Shuttle
Texas June 1 , 2004 (December 29 , 1845 ) 541,800,000
State outline, star
Iowa August 30 , 2004 (December 28 , 1846 ) 465,200,000
Schoolhouse, teacher and students planting a tree,Grant Wood "
Wisconsin October 25 , 2004 (May 29 , 1848 ) 453,200,000
Head of a cow , round of cheese and ear of corn .
California January 31 , 2005 (September 9 , 1850 )
John Muir , California Condor and Half Dome Yosemite Valley "
Minnesota 2005 (May 11 , 1858 )
Common loon , Fishing , state map
Oregon 2005 (February 14 , 1859 )
Crater Lake National Park
Kansas 2005 (January 29 , 1861 )
American Bison , Sunflowers
West Virginia 2005 (June 20 , 1863 )
New River Gorge Bridge
Nevada 2006 (October 31 , 1864 )
Nebraska 2006 (March 1 , 1867 )
Colorado 2006 (August 1 , 1876 )
North Dakota 2006 (November 2 , 1889 )
South Dakota 2006 (November 2 , 1889 )
Montana 2007 (November 8 , 1889 )
Washington 2007 (November 11 , 1889 )
Idaho 2007 (July 3 , 1890 )
Wyoming 2007 (July 10 , 1890 )
Utah 2007 (January 4 , 1896 )
Oklahoma 2008 (November 16 , 1907 )
New Mexico 2008 (January 6 , 1912 )
Arizona 2008 (February 14 , 1912 )
Alaska 2008 (January 3 , 1959 )
Hawaii 2008 (August 21 , 1959 )
Quarter-dollar coin images from the United States Mint .
Year map
The following map shows the years each state is released as a State Quarter.
Controversy over the Wisconsin quarter
There was a small measure of collector interest and controversy over misprintings of the Wisconsin quarter. Some designs feature corn without a smaller leaf, others feature a small leaf pointing upwards, and still others have the leaf bending down. A set of all three quarters from the Philadelphia mint sold on eBay in February 2005 for $300.
See [1] for some further details.
See also
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