Quarter Dollar

The U.S. quarter is worth 25¢. In 1964 the U.S. government made the first Washington quarters. Before 1965, quarters were made of 90% silver and 10% copper. Since 1965 it has had one layer of regular copper in the middle. On the outside it has a layer of copper-nickel mixture.

On one side there is the head of George Washington and on the back of the regular quarter it has the eagle, and it also has the words "E PLURIBUS UNUM." This means "out of many, one" and the other words are U.S. Quarter Dollar.

From 1999 to 2008 the U.S. mint is issuing 50 state quarters. Five will be issued every year. Each state will decide their design.

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