State Quarters
 

The State Quarters series is the largest and most extensive coin program in U.S. Mint history. Started in 1999 and

ending to 2008, the ambitious 10-year series honored each of the 50 states on its own unique Quarter.  Five

different coins were struck each year, and the coins were issued in the order in which the states
joined the Union.  The first coin in 1999 was Delaware, which was the first state to ratify the Constitution, and the

50th and last coin in 2008 was Hawaii, the 50th state.  Each coin was struck for circulation at both the Philadelphia

and Denver  Mints, but the mintage was limited to only about 10 weeks per coin. Proofs and silver editions were also

made exclusively for collectors at the San Francisco Mint.  The obverse of the State Quarters retained the

original portrait of  George Washington that was introduced in 1932.  Read more here...