2009,
KM-466A Country United States Year 2009 Value Quarter Dollar = 25 Cents (0.25 USD) Metal Silver (.900) Weight 6.25 g Diameter 24.26 mm
Commemorative issue United States Mint’s District of Columbia and United States Territories Quarters® Program Obverse The portrait in left profile of George Washington, the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797, is accompanied with the motto “IN GOD WE TRUST” and the lettering “LIBERTY” surrounded with the denomination and the inscription “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA” Lettering: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN GOD WE TRUST LIBERTY QUARTER DOLLAR Engraver: Modified Design: William Cousins (Original Design: John Flanagan) Reverse Near the shore stands a large limestone latte, the supporting column of ancient indigenous Chamorro structures. A canoe of the indigenous Carolinians represents the people’s seafaring skills across vast distances. Two white fairy tern birds fly in characteristic synchrony overhead. A Carolinian mwar (head lei) composed of plumeria, langilang (Ylang Ylang), angagha (peacock flower) and teibwo (Pacific Basil) borders the bottom of the design. Lettering: NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS E PLURIBUS UNUM Engraver: Phebe Hemphill Phebe Hemphill is an American sculptor who works for the United States Mint. She has been called “one of the preeminent coin artists, sculptors, and engravers of our time.”
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