2008 P Quarter Dollar - Alaska State

Country: United States
Type: Circulating commemorative coin
Year: 2008
Value: Quarter Dollar = 25 Cents (0.25 USD)
Currency: Dollar (1785-date)
Composition: Copper-nickel clad copper
Mintage: 251,800,000
Mint: Philadelphia
Grade: MS/UNC
Weight: 5.67 g
Diameter: 24.26 mm
Thickness: 1.75 mm
Shape: Round
Orientation: Coin alignment ↑↓
References: KM# 424, Schön# 422

Commemorative issue:
Alaska State.
United States Mint's 50 State Quarters® Program

Obverse:
The portrait in left profile of George Washington, the first President of the United Stats from 1789 to 1797, is accompanied with the motto "IN GOD WE TRUST" and the lettering "LIBERTY" and it is surrounded with the face value and the inscription "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA"

Lettering:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
IN
GOD WE
TRUST
LIBERTY P
JF WC (see image below)
QUARTER DOLLAR

Engravers: John Flanagan , William Cousins

Reverse:
Grizzly bear with salmon (state fish) and North Star.

Lettering:
ALASKA
1959
THE
GREAT
LAND
CLV
2008
E PLURIBUS UNUM

Translation:
Alaska
1959
The
Great
Land
CLV
2008
Out of Many, One

Engraver: Charles Vickers

Edge:
Reeded

Riferimento : KM# 424, Schön# 422

Fonte : https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces6...

Collezione : United States Mint's 50 State Quarters