U.S. 56 State Commemorative Coins: 25 cents in denomination, one for each state, including 6 overseas possessions (Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, U.S. Virgin Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, ).
The obverse of the coin is a washington side portrait, and the reverse motif is selected by each state government to cast on the back of the coin with unique historical, traditional and representative symbols.
Five pieces are issued each year, an average of about one every ten weeks, with 50 state coins issued in 2008 and 6 more quarter coins issued in overseas territories in 2009.
The state coin is the first set of commemorative coins in the history of the United States with the elements of national administrative divisions as elements, and it is also a collection of historical and humanistic knowledge.
In 1997, then-U.S. President Bill Clinton signed the 50 State Commemorative Coin Program Act, which was intended to give young Americans a glimpse into the history, geography, and traditional culture of the states. Therefore, the U.S. Treasury department decided to issue a set of commemorative coins with the theme of the 50 states of the United States.
The full set totals 56 motifs (states), and all the coins in circulation were minted by the Denver Mint and the Philadelphia Mint.
Since then, the United States has also issued a full set of 56 national park commemorative coins.
In general, overseas commemorative coins are not valuable in domestic commemorative coin collections. If a set of 56 national commemorative coins is issued in China...
