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== Washington quarter == {{main|Washington quarter}} The original version of the Washington quarter issued from 1932 to 1998 was designed by [[John Flanagan (sculptor)|sculptor John Flanagan]]. The obverse depicted [[George Washington]] facing left, with "Liberty" above the head, the date below, and "[[In God We Trust]]" in the left field. The reverse depicted an eagle with wings outspread perches on a bundle of arrows framed below by two olive branches. It was minted in 0.2204 oz. (6.25 g) of 90% fine silver until 1964, when rising silver prices forced the change into the present-day cupronickel-clad-copper composition, which was also called the "Johnson Sandwich" after then-president [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]. <ref name="mintmark_com">[http://www.mintmark.com/washingtonquarters1932-64.html History of the Washington Quarter] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090707070225/http://www.mintmark.com/washingtonquarters1932-64.html |date=July 7, 2009 |accessdate=February 7, 2010}}</ref> As of 2011, it cost 11.14 cents to produce each coin. <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.usmint.gov/faqs/circulating_coins/index.cfm?flash=yes&action=faq_circulating_coin |title=Cost to Produce U.S. |access-date=February 7, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618083824/http://www.usmint.gov/faqs/circulating_coins/index.cfm?flash=yes&action=faq_circulating_coin |archive-date=June 18, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> Regular issue [[Washington quarter]]s: *Silver quarters, 1932β1964<ref>{{cite web |url=http://coinsite.com/1932-quarter-dollar-washington/ |title=1932β Quarter Dollar Washington |publisher=Coinsite.com |date=August 26, 2007 |access-date=April 22, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160419220757/http://coinsite.com/1932-quarter-dollar-washington/ |archive-date=April 19, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> *Clad composition quarter, 1965β1998 *[[50 State quarters]], 1999β2008 *[[District of Columbia and United States Territories quarters]], 2009 *[[America the Beautiful quarters]], 2010β2021 *Washington Crossing the Delaware, 2021 *[[American Women quarters]], 2022β2025<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=September 23, 2020|title=Gonzalez bill to honor American women on the quarter passes U.S. House of Representatives|url=https://anthonygonzalez.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=285|access-date=January 16, 2021|website=U.S. Representative Anthony Gonzalez|language=en|archive-date=September 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927024859/https://anthonygonzalez.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=285|url-status=dead}}</ref> *Semiquincentennial quarters, 2026<ref name=":0" /> *Youth Sports quarters, 2027β2030<ref name=":0" /> Commemorative and bullion issue [[Washington quarter]]s: *[[United States Bicentennial coinage]] quarter in clad & 40% silver, 1975β1976 (all were dated 1776β1976) *Silver [[Proof coinage|proof]] set quarter, 1992β1998 *[[America the Beautiful silver bullion coins]] in 5-ounce silver, 2010β2021 <gallery class="center"> File:United_States_Quarter.jpg|Obverse and reverse of Washington quarter, 1983 (clad composition) File:1976_Bicentennial_Quarter_Rev.png|Reverse of bicentennial quarter, 1976 File:1999_NJ_Proof.png|[[New Jersey]]-designed State Quarter, 1999 </gallery> === US states and territories quarters, 1999β2009 === {{main|50 State quarters|District of Columbia and United States Territories quarters}} In 1999, the [[50 State quarters]] program of circulating commemorative quarters began. These have a modified Washington obverse and a different reverse for each state, ending the former Washington quarter's production completely.<ref>[http://www.usmint.gov/mint_Programs/50sq_program/?action=designs_50sq Statehood Quarters] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100204054242/http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/50sq_program/?action=designs_50sq |date=February 4, 2010 }} {{Retrieved|access-date=February 7, 2010}}.</ref> On January 23, 2007, the House of Representatives passed {{USBill|110|HR|392}} [[District of Columbia and United States Territories quarters|extending the state quarter program one year]] to 2009, to include the [[Washington, D.C.|District of Columbia]] and the five inhabited U.S. territories: [[Puerto Rico]], [[Guam]], [[American Samoa]], the [[United States Virgin Islands]], and the [[Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands]]. The bill passed through the Senate, and was signed into legislation by [[President George W. Bush]] as part of {{USPL|110|161|the Consolidated Appropriations Act}}, on December 27, 2007.<ref name="H.R. 392">{{cite web |url=http://www.theorator.com/bills110/text/hr392.html |title=bill H.R. 392 |publisher=Theorator.com |date=January 23, 2007 |access-date=October 6, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090616211022/http://www.theorator.com/bills110/text/hr392.html |archive-date=June 16, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="US Mint Press Release">{{cite press release|title=United States Mint to Produce New Quarters in 2009 to Honor District of Columbia and U.S. Territories|url=https://www.usmint.gov/news/press-releases/20071227-united-states-mint-to-produce-new-quarters-in-2009-to-honor-district-of-columbia-and-u-s-territories|publisher=United States Mint|access-date=June 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708184059/https://www.usmint.gov/news/press-releases/20071227-united-states-mint-to-produce-new-quarters-in-2009-to-honor-district-of-columbia-and-u-s-territories|archive-date=July 8, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The typeface used in the state quarter series varies a bit from one state to another, but is generally derived from [[Albertus (typeface)|Albertus]].{{citation needed|date=January 2021}} === America the Beautiful quarters, 2010β2021 === {{Main|America the Beautiful quarters}} On June 4, 2008, the America's Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008, {{USBill|110|HR|6184}}, was introduced to the House of Representatives. On December 23, 2008, President Bush signed the bill into law as {{USPL|110|456}}. The [[America the Beautiful quarters]] program began in 2010 and ended in 2021, lasting 11 years and depicting a natural or historic site for each state and territory.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://usmint.gov/mint_programs/NSQuartersProgram/index.cfm |title=National Sites Quarters |publisher=Usmint.gov |date=September 28, 2009 |access-date=October 6, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090925112850/http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/NSQuartersProgram/index.cfm |archive-date=September 25, 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> === 2021: Return of the original obverse, new legislation === Following the conclusion of the America the Beautiful quarter series in 2021, Treasury Secretary [[Steven Mnuchin]] had the option of ordering a second round of 56 quarters, but did not do so by the end of 2018 as required in the 2008 legislation. The quarter's design for 2021 therefore reverted to Flanagan's original obverse design, paired with a new reverse rendition of [[George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River|Washington crossing the Delaware River]] on the night of December 25, 1776. In October 2019, the [[Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee]] (CCAC) met to consider designs, with the final choice made by Mnuchin.{{sfn|Gilkes|2020}} On December 25, 2020, the Mint announced the successful design, by Benjamin Sowards as sculpted by Michael Gaudioso. This quarter was released into circulation on April 5, 2021, and was minted until the end of 2021.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[United States Mint]]|date=December 25, 2020|access-date=December 28, 2020|title=United States Mint announces new quarter dollar reverse design|url=https://www.usmint.gov/news/press-releases/mint-announces-new-quarter-dollar-reverse-design}}</ref> The Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020 ({{USPL|116|330}}) established three new series of quarters for the next decade. From 2022 to 2025, the Mint may produce up to five coins each year featuring prominent American women, with a new obverse design of Washington. In 2026, there will be up to five designs representing the [[United States Semiquincentennial]]. From 2027 to 2030, the Mint may produce up to five coins each year featuring youth sports. The obverse will also be redesigned in 2027, and even after 2030 is still to depict Washington.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 13, 2021 |title=Text β H.R.1923 β 116th Congress (2019β2020): Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020 |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1923/text/enr |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122115759/https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1923/text/enr |archive-date=January 22, 2021 |access-date=January 15, 2021 |website=Congress.gov}}</ref> === American Women Quarters === {{Main|American Women quarters}} The American Women Quarters Program will issue up to five new reverse designs each year from 2022 to 2025 featuring the accomplishments and contributions made in various fields by women to American history and development. The obverse features [[Laura Gardin Fraser]]'s portrait of [[George Washington]] originally intended for the first Washington quarter in 1932.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usmint.gov/learn/coin-and-medal-programs/american-women-quarters|title = American Women Quarters Program | U.S. Mint| date=April 12, 2021 }}</ref> ===Collecting silver Washington quarters=== The "silver series" of Washington quarters spans from 1932 to 1964; during many years in the series it will appear that certain mints did not mint Washington quarters for that year. No known examples of quarters were made in 1933, [[San Francisco Mint|San Francisco]] abstained in 1934 and 1949, and stopped after 1955, until it resumed in 1968 by way of making proofs. [[Denver Mint|Denver]] did not make quarters in 1938. Proof examples from 1936 to 1942 and 1950 to 1967 were struck at the [[Philadelphia Mint]]; in 1968, proof production was shifted to the San Francisco Mint. The current rarities for the Washington quarter "silver series" are: Branch [[Mint mark|mintmarks]] are D = [[Denver Mint|Denver]], S = [[San Francisco Mint|San Francisco]]. Coins without mintmarks were all made at the main Mint in Philadelphia. This listing is for business strikes, not proofs: *1932-D *[[File:United States quarter, obverse, 2004.jpg|thumb|266x266px|this shows the S for San Francisco ]]1932-S *1934 β with Doubled Die Obverse (DDO) *1935-D *1936-D *1937 β with Doubled Die Obverse (DDO) *1937-S *1938-S *1939-S *1940-D *1942-D β with Doubled Die Obverse (DDO) *1943 β with Doubled Die Obverse (DDO) *1943-S β with Doubled Die Obverse (DDO) *1950-D/S Over mintmark (coin is a 1950-D, with underlying S mintmark) *1950-S/D Over mintmark (coin is a 1950-S, with underlying D mintmark) The 1940-D, 1936-D and the 1935-D coins, as well as many others in the series, are considerably more valuable than other quarters. This is not due to their mintages, but rather because they are harder to find in high [[Coin grading|grades]] (a situation referred to as "condition rarity"). Many of these coins are worth only melt value in low grades. Other coins in the above list are expensive because of their extremely low mintages, such as the 1932 Denver and San Francisco issues. The overstruck mintmark issues are also scarce and expensive, especially in the higher grades; even so they may not have the same popularity as overdates found in pre-Washington quarter series. The 1934 Philadelphia strike appears in two versions: one with a light motto [for "In God We Trust"], which is the same as that used on the 1932 strikings, and the other a heavy motto seen after the dies were reworked. Except in the highest grades, the difference in value between the two is minor. The mint mark on the coin is located on the reverse beneath the wreath on which the eagle is perched, and will either carry the mint mark "D" for the Denver Mint, "S" for the San Francisco Mint, or be blank if minted at the Philadelphia Mint before 1942 ===Collecting clad Washington quarters=== The copper-nickel clad Washington quarter was first issued in 1965 and as part of the switch, the [[Denver]] mintmark was added in 1968, which did not reappear on any US coin denomination until 1968. For the first three years of clad production, in lieu of proof sets, specimen sets were specially sold as "Special Mint Sets" minted at the San Francisco mint in 1965, 1966, and 1967 (Deep Cameo versions of these coins are highly valued because of their rarity). Currently, there are few examples in the clad series that are valued as highly as the silver series but there are certain extraordinary dates or variations. The [[Cameo (coinage)|deep cameo]] versions of proofs from 1965 to 1971 and 1981 Type 2 are highly valued because of their scarcity, high grade examples of quarters from certain years of the 1980s (such as 1981β1987) because of scarcity in high grades due to high circulation and in 1982 and 1983 no mint sets were produced making it harder to find [[mint state]] examples, and any coin from 1981 to 1994 graded in MS67 is worth upwards of $1000. The mint mark on the coin is currently located on the obverse at the bottom right hemisphere under the supposed date. In 1965β1967 cupro-nickel coins bore no mint mark; quarters minted in 1968β1979 were stamped with a "D" for the Denver mint, an "S" for the San Francisco mint (proof coins only), or blank for Philadelphia. Starting in 1980, the Philadelphia mint was allowed to add its mint mark to all coins except the one-cent piece. Twenty-five-cent pieces minted from 1980 onwards are stamped with "P" for the Philadelphia mint, "D" for the Denver mint, or "S" for San Francisco mint. Until 2012 the "S" mint mark was used only on proof coins, but beginning with the El Yunque (Puerto Rico) design in the America the Beautiful quarters program, the US Mint began selling (at a premium) uncirculated 40-coin rolls and 100-coin bags of quarters with the San Francisco mint mark. These coins were not included in the 2012 or later uncirculated sets or the three-coin ATB quarter sets (which consisted of an uncirculated "P" and "D" and proof "S" specimen) and no "S" mint-marked quarters are being released into circulation, so that mintages will be determined solely by direct demand for the "S" mint-marked coins. In 2019, the [[West Point Mint]] released two million of each of the five designs that year with a "W" mint mark for general circulation, in a move intended to spur coin collecting.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Mint Releases First Ever W Quarters Into Circulation |url=https://www.usmint.gov/news/inside-the-mint/mint-releases-first-ever-w-quarters-into-circulation |website=usmint.gov |publisher=United States Mint |access-date=September 23, 2019}}</ref> This was continued in 2020,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gilkes |first1=Paul |title=Two 2020-W quarter dollars, not one, being distributed at once into circulation |url=https://www.coinworld.com/news/precious-metals/two-2020-w-quarter-dollars-not-one-being-distributed-at-once-into-circulation |date=April 9, 2020 |website=coinworld.com |publisher=Amos Media Company |access-date=May 13, 2020}}</ref> which turned out to be the final year of the "W" mint marked quarters as no quarters with the mint mark have been produced since.
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