MY COLLECTION - ALBUM NO 6 - NORTH AMERICA - USA - 50 STATES QUARTER DOLLARS - II

CHAPPIDI ABHIRATH REDDY
C/O COL GKS REDDY

Secunderabad - 500015




United States of America - 50 States Quarter Dollars (Contd).

          The 50 State Quarters program (Pub.L. 105–124, 111 Stat. 2534, enacted December 1, 1997) was the release of a series of circulating commemorative coins by the United States Mint. From 1999 through 2008, it featured each of the 50 U.S. states on unique designs for the reverse of the quarter.

         The 50 State Quarters program was started to support a new generation of coin collectors,and it became the most successful numismatic program in history, with roughly half of the U.S. population collecting the coins, either in a casual manner or as a serious pursuit. The U.S. federal government so far has made additional profits of $3.0 billion from collectors taking the coins out of circulation.

            In 2009, the U.S. Mint began issuing quarters under the 2009 District of Columbia and U.S. Territories Program. The Territories Quarter Program was authorized by the passage of a newer legislative act, H.R. 2764. This program features the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands.

I managed to procure the complete set of 50 States Quarter Dollars, including District of Columbia and US Territories Coins. I clubbed the District of Columbia and US Teritories coins with the other USA Coins for the purpose of making a Blog.

Note - Some of the images of coins in my collection, have been taken from the Gallery to the extent available, to save on time & effort involved in photography & editing.