Some results predicted that at least 98 million Americans would collect and hold on to at least one set of quarters. Even with these good results, the Treasury was still opposed to the program and would not approve it until the US Congress approved and mandated it. In addition, million Americans actually ended up collecting these quarters. In reality, this program performed better than the studies and what anyone had expected, overall!
The obverse or front of this coin would depict the same design throughout the entire program. William Cousins designed a modified version of the bust of the old George Washington quarter that John Flanagan designed in After the legislation was authorized, the US States had been given a large role in determining what design would be placed on the quarter to best represent their State.
The coins were to represent the State's history, symbols, traditions or landmarks. Although designs depicting State flags, living people or busts of deceased people were prohibited.
Most of the States had their governor announce a design, concept and sculpting competition to citizens of their State. An advisory group within the State would manage the process and oversee the designs that the citizens submitted. In the end, the governor would typically submit the top 3, 4 or 5 designs or concepts to the Secretary of Treasury.
Once the Treasury approves the designs, they are returned back to the State where the final design is selected. There were actually two major different selection processes for deciding the final design of a State quarter. In the other 17 States, the final designs were chosen by the citizens themselves through online polls, telephone calls, mail and other forms of voting. It turns out that over 3. Engravers at the US Mint would then apply all of the final design concepts which were approved by the Secretary of the Treasury.
The process behind the selection of each quarter was given a lot of publicity and exposure to the media. The media firestorm greatly advertised the new 50 State Quarter Program into the mainstream, which helped make it popular and exciting for everyone.
The 50 State Quarter Program turned out to be the most successful and popular numismatic commemorative coin program in history with at least half of all Americans collecting the coins. It opened up a whole new branch of collectors and introduced many people to the field of coin collecting who were interested in building a whole new collection. The demand for these new quarters rose to a fever pitch when the program first began, and then slowly declined as time went on and more coins were produced.
Another thing that lead to a decline in demand was that in the year , the Director of the Mint left and the Treasury was still opposed to the program. The Treasury then terminated the most successful elements of the US Mint's promotional programs, regardless of the increasing revenue and very high return on investment.
The program was set to expire at the end of when the 50th State quarter was produced. Although it was so successful that a new, smaller program was added as an extension to the 50 State Quarter Program. After the end of the 50 Statehood Quarters program, a new series was authorized to be produced by the US Mint starting in America the Beautiful Quarters.
Below is a table chart which organizes the details of each state quarter, including large, high quality, detailed images, pictures and photos of each quarter produced in the 50 State Quarter Program.
Also included is the State it represents, year it was minted in, release date of the coin, the Statehood date in which the State ratified the US Constitution and joined the Union, the mintage figures referencing coin value and additional details for each Mint, other details and who engraved the coins:.
After the 50th State was commemorated, the 50 State Quarter Program was extended through into a new program to commemorate the District of Columbia and other major US Territories. This smaller extension program was only produced in and released 6 quarters. Although the general circulating coins that were produced, are considerably rarer than the normal State quarters. Below is another short extension table to the one above, depicting high quality, detailed, large images, pictures and photos, mintage figures and other details about the coin:.
Below is a great graphic and table that visualizes which US States and year that they had their coins released. Since the coins are released in order in which the States ratified the US Constitution and joined the United States, it also helps visualize how the US was built.
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Statehood Quarters — most popular program in history of coin collecting The US Mint's 50 statehood quarters program was launched with much fanfare in and met with lots of enthusiasm — especially among new collectors. Filter by Press enter to collapse or expand the menu. Facet Value. National Park Quarters. Native American Quarters. Products: 1 - 24 of Compare Compare. It bears four inscriptions, some of which previously appeared on the reverse of the quarter.
The reverse of each State Quarter carries a design emblematic of one of the 50 States. The authorizing legislation provided some basic guidelines for the design. Each quarter must bear a dignified design of which the citizens of the United States can be proud.
No frivolous or inappropriate designs should be selected. In addition, the reverse design cannot use a head and shoulders portrait or bust of any person living or dead. No living person may be included in a design. The reverse designs for each quarter were created through consultation with the governor of each state. The United States Mint would generate coin designs based on the concepts, which would be reviewed by the governor, the Commission of Fine Arts, and the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee.
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