1999 P Quarter Dollar - Delaware State

Country: United States
Type: Circulating commemorative coin
Year: 1999
Value: Quarter Dollar = 25 Cents (0.25 USD)
Currency: Dollar (1785-date)
Composition: Copper-nickel clad copper
Mintage: 373,400,000
Mint: Philadelphia
Grade: MS/AU (damaged Obverse)
Weight: 5.67 g
Diameter: 24.26 mm
Thickness: 1.75 mm
Shape: Round
Orientation: Coin alignment ↑↓
References: KM# 293, Schön# 293

Commemorative issue:
Delaware State
United States Mint's 50 State 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" 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
QUARTER DOLLAR

Engravers: John Flanagan , William Cousins.

Reverse:
Caesar Rodney riding a horse at gallop is accompanied with the legend "CAESAR RODNEY", the state's name ("DELAWARE"), the date of its admission into Union ("1787"), its nickname ("THE FIRST STATE") and the motto "E PLURIBUS UNUM".

Lettering:
DELAWARE
1787
THE FIRST STATE
CAESAR RODNEY
WC
1999
E PLURIBUS UNUM

Translation:
Delaware
1787
The First State
Caesar Rodney
WC
1999
Out of Many, One

Engraver: William Cousins.

Edge:
Reeded.

Mints:
P    United States Mint, Philadelphia, United States (1792-date)
D    United States Mint, Denver, United States (1906-date)
S    United States Mint, San Francisco, United States (1854-date)

Riferimento : KM# 293, Schön# 293

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

Collezione : United States Mint's 50 State Quarters