United States Coin/Quarter

The quarter is 1/4th of a dollar or 25 cents.

It is also refered to as two bits because two bits of a divided Spanish silver piece ("pieces of eight") made up 1/4th of that coin.

The current coin is the Washington Quarter (showing George Washington), replacing the Standing Liberty Type, minted from 1916-1930. The present coin, designed by John Flannagan, has been issued since 1932.

It is Cupro-Nickel (8.33% Ni and the balance Cu), weighs 5.670 g, diameter 24.26 mm, width 1.75 mm with a reeded edge. It costs 4.29 cents to produce each coin. Before 1965, quarters contained 90% silver, 10% copper.

The quarter has been in use since 1796.

Approximately every 10 weeks, since 1999, a new state quarter has been released by the US Mint. Each quarter's reverse celebrates one of the 50 states with a design honoring its unique history, traditions, and symbols. The quarters are released in the same order that the states joined the union.

Release Date	State	Statehood Date	Mintage Numbers
1999			4,430,940,000
January 01, 1999	Delaware	December 07, 1787	774,824,000
March 08, 1999	Pennsylvania	December 12, 1787	707,332,000
May 17, 1999	New Jersey	December 18, 1787	662,228,000
July 19, 1999	Georgia	January 02, 1788	939,932,000
October 12, 1999	Connecticut	January 09, 1788	1,346,624,000

Release Date	State	Statehood Date	Mintage Numbers
2000			6,470,932,000
January 03, 2000	Massachusetts	February 06, 1788	1,163,784,000
March 13, 2000	Maryland	April 28, 1788	1,234,732,000
May 22, 2000	South Carolina	May 23, 1788	1,308,784,000
August 07, 2000	New Hampshire	June 21, 1788	1,169,016,000
October 16, 2000	Virginia	June 25, 1788	1,594,616,000

Release Date	State	Statehood Date	Mintage Numbers
2001			4,083,420,000
January 02, 2001	New York	July 26, 1788	1,275,040,000
March 12, 2001	North Carolina	November 21, 1789	1,055,476,000
May 21, 2001	Rhode Island	May 29, 1790	870,100,000
August 06, 2001	Vermont	March 04, 1791	882,804,000
	Kentucky	June 01, 1792

Release Date	State	Statehood Date	Mintage Numbers
2002
	Tennessee	June 01, 1796
	Ohio	March 01, 1803
	Louisiana	April 30, 1812
	Indiana	December 11, 1816
	Mississippi	December 10, 1817

Release Date	State	Statehood Date	Mintage Numbers
2003
	Illinois	December 03, 1818
	Alabama	December 14, 1819
	Maine	March 15, 1820
	Missouri	August 10, 1821
	Arkansas	June 15, 1836

Release Date	State	Statehood Date	Mintage Numbers
2004
	Michigan	January 26, 1837
	Florida	March 03, 1845
	Texas	December 29, 1845
	Iowa	December 28, 1846
	Wisconsin	May 29, 1848

Release Date	State	Statehood Date	Mintage Numbers
2005
	California	September 09, 1850
	Minnesota	May 11, 1858
	Oregon	February 14, 1859
	Kansas	January 29, 1861
	West Virginia	June 20, 1863

Release Date	State	Statehood Date	Mintage Numbers
2006
	Nevada	October 31, 1864
	Nebraska	March 01, 1867
	Colorado	August 01, 1876
	North Dakota	November 02, 1889
	South Dakota	November 02, 1889

Release Date	State	Statehood Date	Mintage Numbers
2007
	Montana	November 08, 1889
	Washington	November 11, 1889
	Idaho	July 03, 1890
	Wyoming	July 10, 1890
	Utah	January 04, 1896

Release Date	State	Statehood Date	Mintage Numbers
2008
	Oklahoma	November 16, 1907
	New Mexico	January 06, 1912
	Arizona	February 14, 1912
	Alaska	January 03, 1959
	Hawaii	August 21, 1959

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