West Virginia State Quarter
Information about the commemorative West Virginia State Quarter.
You have come to the right place if you are looking for information about the West Virginia Quarter
from the 50 State Quarter Program. The West Virginia Quarter was issued by the United States Mint
to commemorate the state of West Virginia. For your convenience, you can see a picture of the
West Virginia Quarter on the right.
The West Virginia Quarter is the 35th quarter in the State Quarter Program. It was issued on October 14, 2005. It was the 35th State Quarter issued, because West Virginia was the 35th state to be admitted to the Union.
According to the US Mint, total West Virginia Quarter mintage for circulation was 721,600,000 coins. If you sort the State Quarters in ascending order by mintage, West Virginia would rank 36th. (State Quarter mintage ranges from 446,600,000 to 1,594,616,000.)
Like all commemorative State Quarters, the obverse side of the West Virginia Quarter shows President Washington, but it is the reverse side of the coin we will focus on here.
The West Virginia Quarter coin was engraved by John Mercanti and has a great design. At the top of the coin, you will see the name West Virginia and just below it the year 1863, which is the year West Virginia became a state.
At the very bottom of the coin, it says "E Pluribus Unum" which means one out of many - West Virginia is one of the many 50 states. Above that, is the year the coin was issued, which in this case is 2005.
The actual design that was submitted by the state of West Virginia shows New River and Gorge Bridge.
The inscription reads "New River Gorge".
The 50 quarters from this program were issued between 1999 and 2008. Both the
Philidelphia and the Denver Mint made the West Virginia circulated coins. The San Francisco Mint
was the only Mint that made the proof and silver proof West Virginia coins.
The West Virginia 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 West Virginia coin is made of 91.67% copper
and 8.33% Nickel. The West Virginia silver proof coins were made with 90% silver and 10% copper.
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