UNITED_STATES 

KM 398

SHORT COINS

ENCYCLOPAEDIA

                

Face Value Diameter mm Weight g Thickness mm Edge Composition Rotation
25 cents 24.3 5.67 1.75 Reeded Copper-Nickel-clad-Copper Coin
Obverse Reverse

The inscription along the rim. In the center: bust of G. Washington faced left.

A quarter is a coin worth one-quarter of a United States dollar, or 25 cents. The quarter has been produced since 1796, and is the highest denomination U.S. coin commonly in circulation.

Idaho, who was admitted into the Union on July 3rd 1890. It highlights an image of the Peregrine Falcon imposing its presence above an outline of the state of Idaho. The coin is inscribed: Esto Perpetua (the state's motto which means, May it be Forever). Below - the year of minting.