Description
The Statehood Quarters is a 50-state quarters program that was launched in 1999 by the U.S. Mint to honor the 50 states of United States of America in the order they joined the Union. This was a 10-year program and released 5 different coins each year honoring 5 different states. These coins were minted from 1999-2008. Both copper-nickel clad quarters for general circulation as well as 90% silver proof coins for collectors were released.
Coin Features:
- Each coin in the roll contains 0.1808 troy ounce of 90% pure silver. Total weight of 40 coins is approximately 7.23 troy ounces.
- Each coin in the roll is in Proof Condition.
- Minted from 1999-2008. Dates will be chosen randomly based on availability within the mentioned period.
- Comes in a clear protective plastic roll containing 40 Silver Statehood Quarters for a total of $10 face value.
To honor the 50 states of America, a 50-State Quarters Program was started by the U.S. Mint in 1999. This was a 10-year program and took place from 1999-2008. Each of the 50 states were honored in the order in which they were admitted to the Union. Each year five coins were released, and each quarter was minted for a period of 10 weeks only and will never be produced again.
The passage of the United States Commemorative Quarter Act on October 20, 1996 led to the beginning of this program. Each coin released was supposed to have a different reverse design while the obverse would be the same design of George Washington created by John Flanagan in 1932 when the Washington quarters were first released.
Each state was honored with a design that was unique to that particular state such as its history, tradition, symbol, events, or places on the reverse. The rule was not to use certain design elements such as the flags or images of living or dead persons.
Since the coins were honored in the order in which they were admitted to the Union, the original thirteen colonies of the Union were the first to be honored. Each state was responsible for its own design. Each state’s governor appointed a committee to select a few good designs from the many entries that they got. These selected designs were then submitted to the U.S. Mint. These designs were then reviewed by the Federal Commission of Fine Arts, the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee along with the U.S. Mint to check for the design’s coin-ability. The Mint usually revised the designs for practical reasons, and therefore ultimately instead of using the signature of the artist whose design has been selected, the signature of the mint sculptor who created the final model was added on the coin.
The copper and nickel clad quarters for general circulation were minted at the Philadelphia and Denver Mint and have the mint marks “P” and “D” respectively. The San Francisco Mint on the other hand minted proof specimens for collectors in both clad composition as well as the historic composition of 90% silver and 10% copper that was used before 1965. So all the proof coins whether clad or silver, contain the mint mark “S.”
The program ended in 2008 with the final coin Hawaii being issued in November 2008. However, an extension bill approved by the Congress authorized the issuing of six additional commemorative quarters for the year 2009. These honor the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, the U. S. Virgin Islands and the Northern Mariana Islands.
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