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Designer. various. Design date. 1999–2008. The 50 State quarters (authorized by Pub. L. 105–124 (text) (PDF), 111 Stat. 2534, enacted December 1, 1997) was a series of circulating commemorative quarters released by the United States Mint. Minted from 1999 through 2008, they featured unique designs for each of the 50 US states on the reverse .
America the Beautiful quarters. The America the Beautiful quarters (sometimes abbreviated ATB quarters) were a series of fifty-six 25-cent pieces ( quarters) issued by the United States Mint, which began in 2010 and lasted until 2021. [ 1] The obverse (front) of all the coins depicts George Washington in a modified version of the portrait used ...
Coin orientation (or coin alignment or variations of these) is the relation of the vertical orientation of the images on the obverse and reverse sides of coins to one another. The two basic relations are called medallic orientation and coin orientation .
The 1926 United States Sesquicentennial half dollar was the second United States coin to feature a living person at the time of its minting. The obverse of the coin featured busts of George Washington and Calvin Coolidge. [7] (The first was the 1921 Alabama Centennial half dollar, which showed a bust of then-Governor Thomas Kilby.) Coolidge ...
However, no authentic (accidental) mules of United States currency were known to exist. This changed in the 1990s, when a Lincoln cent (dated 1993-D) with the reverse of a Roosevelt dime were discovered. [note 1] [5] In 2000, Frank Wallis of Arkansas discovered a Sacagawea dollar with the obverse of a Washington quarter. [6]
Coin Obverse design Reverse design Composition Mintage Available Obverse Reverse 50¢ Iowa Centennial half dollar: Old Stone Capitol: Eagle 90% Ag, 10% Cu: Authorized: 100,000 (max) Uncirculated: 100,057 . 1946, 1996, 2046: 50¢ Booker T. Washington Memorial half dollar: Booker T. Washington: Hall of Fame for Great Americans and a log cabin 90% ...
A 2008 coin from the U.K. paired a mismatched obverse and reverse. “This coin has the wrong obverse — the Queen side, which should be dated,” said Wengel. “Instead, it was paired with an ...
Obverse. Reverse. 50¢. Texas Centennial half dollar. Eagle sitting on a branch in front of the Lone Star, the symbol of Texas. Victory spreading her wings over the Alamo with Sam Houston on her left, Stephen F. Austin on her right, and the Six Flags of Texas flying above her head. 90% Ag, 10% Cu.