Washington State Quarter
Information about the commemorative Washington State Quarter.
You have come to the right place if you are looking for information about the Washington Quarter
from the 50 State Quarter Program. The Washington Quarter was issued by the United States Mint
to commemorate the state of Washington. For your convenience, you can see a picture of the
Washington Quarter on the right.
The Washington Quarter is the 42nd quarter in the State Quarter Program. It was issued on April 11, 2007. It was the 42nd State Quarter issued, because Washington was the 42nd state to be admitted to the Union.
According to the US Mint, total Washington Quarter mintage for circulation was 545,200,000 coins. If you sort the State Quarters in ascending order by mintage, Washington would rank 21st. (State Quarter mintage ranges from 446,600,000 to 1,594,616,000.)
Like all commemorative State Quarters, the obverse side of the Washington Quarter shows President Washington, but it is the reverse side of the coin we will focus on here.
The Washington Quarter coin was engraved by Charles L. Vickers and has a great design. At the top of the coin, you will see the name Washington and just below it the year 1889, which is the year Washington became a state.
At the very bottom of the coin, it says "E Pluribus Unum" which means one out of many - Washington is one of the many 50 states. Above that, is the year the coin was issued, which in this case is 2007.
The actual design that was submitted by the state of Washington shows Salmon leaping in front of Mount Rainier.
The inscription reads "The Evergreen State".
The 50 quarters from this program were issued between 1999 and 2008. Both the
Philidelphia and the Denver Mint made the Washington circulated coins. The San Francisco Mint
was the only Mint that made the proof and silver proof Washington coins.
The Washington coin weights 5.67 grams, its diameter is 24.26 mm (0.955 inches),
and its thickness is 1.75 mm (0.069 inches). Furthermore, the Washington coin is made of 91.67% copper
and 8.33% Nickel. The Washington silver proof coins were made with 90% silver and 10% copper.
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