US 50 States Quarters descriptions and mint quantity

Public Act 105-124

On October 20, 1996, the United States Congress passed the Commemorative Coin Issuance Act. This Act promoted the making of a new series of quarters to commemorate each of the 50 States of the Union. This act required a study by a commission made up of personnel from the Treasury Department, citizens and artists, and would have to be completed before August 1, 1997, in order to start the circulation of the new commemorative series on August 1. January 1999.

As provided in the Act, the memorial program would honor each of the 50 states with a quarter representing them individually. These emissions would be published in the official order of each state, with the selected designs of each contest. These contests would be promoted by the Governor or a person delegated by him in each of the States and their objective would be to select the designs for the reverse of each State.

Other factors, such as the number of rooms to be issued, would be left to the Department of the Treasury. The act also includes the possibility of making special issues for collectors (Proof and Silver Proof).

Summary of Minutes 105-124:

-That once the minting and circulation of the commemorative series is complete, the United States Mint would return to the traditional design of its quarter-dollar coins (Washington/Águila) unless expressly ordered by Congress.

-That the main features in the design would be identical to traditional rooms; Weight, size, composition, material. In order for them to continue to be supported by vending machines, telephones...

- That the obverse of the coin would be common to all the States, continuing to preserve the traditional bust of George Washington and the legends of "Liberty," and "In God We Trust" and adding "United States of America," and "Quarter Dollar".

- That the series of States would last 10 years, from 1999 until its completion in 2008, 5 states per year to complete all the 50 states that make up the United States of America. If, during the manufacturing period of the series, new States were incorporated into the Union, the Federal Government would gradually include them in the series in chronological order of adhesion to the Union.

- That prior to starting the production of the series, the Department of the Treasury, a commission of citizens and artists would carry out a study of the program on feasibility, public acceptance, production costs, repercussions in the circulation and other aspects that affect the process . Such study would determine the execution or not of this project.

A proposal came to Congress to try to include in the series the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Mariana Islands, the US Territories of Guam, the Virgin Islands and American Samoa. This proposal was denied in a congressional vote in June 2005.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE MINTS STATE QUARTERS

Philadelphia mint

The Mint of Philadelphia, was created as the Capital city of the Union, it was founded in 1792, according to the provisions of the Act of April 2, 1792, which also established the monetary system of the Union and the characteristics of future coins. of dollar.

Its headquarters was a building known as the “Ye Olde Mint” and production began in 1793. Due to the high demand for production, the Mint had to branch out into branches throughout the Union; Charlotte (18381909), Carolina N.(1838-1861), Dahlonega (1838-1861), and N.Orleans. This gave rise to the need to create identifying marks to know the origin of the pieces; Charlotte( C ), Dahlonega ( D ), were originally only opened to work with gold from their regions, the Civil War closed them in 1861 and they never reopened. N. Orleans ( O ) closed at the beginning of the Civil War and resumed work in 1879.

In 1870 it opened a new subsidiary in the city of Carson City (CC) due to the largest vein of silver discovered to date, it closed its production in 1893.

Another subsidiary of the US Mint was established in 1920 in Manila (Philippines) (M) which at that time was a US Colony, it was the only mint established outside the continental territory, it was operating in 2 periods 1920-1922 and 1925 -1945.

From its inception to the present day, the Philadelphia mint has been in 4 different locations, the last since 1969.

Until 1980 this mint did not use a mint mark except on some coins, since then it has used the P mark.

The design and engraving departments are located in Philadelphia and it continues to be the headquarters of the North American mint.

The factories subordinated to the Mint are those of:

-Denver. (1863)

-San Francisco. (1864)

-West Point. (1937)

Among them they distribute all the circulating and commemorative coinage of the United States.

Denver mint

The Denver Mint was created out of the

Act of Congress of April 21, 1862, beginning production work in 1863 as the United States Assay Office. Initially, the Government bought the facilities of the company Clark, Gruber & Company for $25,000.

The factory was subordinate to the United States Mint, based in Philadelphia.

Contrary to expectations, gold was never minted at these facilities, the director of the Mint alleged problems with security on the merchandise transport route, since they were being harassed by outlaws (rebels from the Civil War) and by Indian tribes. The Mint limited itself to carrying out controls

of quality gold found in the riverbeds by nearby miners, which they analyzed, melted down into ingots and were delivered to their owners.

A time of scarcity led miners to prospect underground for precious metals and reaped their reward by finding rich betas of gold and silver, prompting Congress to enact another Act in which the Denver Mint would dedicate itself to minting. The Government decided to transfer the Mint to another location with more benefits and this took place on April 22, 1896, when he bought the facilities that were in West Colfax and Delaware for $60,000 streets, where you are currently. The conditioning works began in 1897 and ended in 1904 and the first coin was not minted until 1906. During that year, 167 million coins of all kinds were minted.

The Mint currently produces annual series of circulating coins and commemorative coins, it is the one that mints the most coins worldwide.

Its mintmark is represented by the letter D, which was also used by the Dahlonega mint, but it closed when the American Civil War began and never reopened.

Table of annual circulations of each Mint (*)

Year	Mint	State	quantity
1999	P	Delaware	373,400,000
1999	D.	Delaware	401,424,000
1999	S	Delaware	3,713,359
1999	S Ag	Delaware	800,000
1999	P	Pennsylvania	349,000,000
1999	D.	Pennsylvania	358,332,000
1999	S	Pennsylvania	3,713,359
1999	S Ag	Pennsylvania	800,000
1999	P	New Jersey	363,200,000
1999	D.	New Jersey	299,028,000
1999	S	New Jersey	3,713,359
1999	S Ag	New Jersey	800,000
1999	P	Georgia	451,188,000
1999	D.	Georgia	488,744,000
1999	S	Georgia	3,713,359
1999	S Ag	Georgia	800,000
1999	P	Connecticut	688,744,000
1999	D.	Connecticut	657,880,000
1999	S	Connecticut	3,713,359
1999	S Ag	Connecticut	800,000

Year	Mint	State	quantity
2000	P	massachussets	628,600,000
2000	D.	massachussets	535,184,000
2000	S	massachussets	4,020,083
2000	S Ag	massachussets	856,400
2000	P	Maryland	678,200,000
2000	D.	Maryland	556,532,000
2000	S	Maryland	4,020,083
2000	S Ag	Maryland	856,400
2000	P	S.Carolina	742,576,000
2000	D.	S.Carolina	566,208,000
2000	S	S.Carolina	4,020,083
2000	S Ag	S.Carolina	856,400
2000	P	N.Hampshire	673,040,000
2000	D.	N.Hampshire	495,976,000
2000	S	N.Hampshire	4,020,083
2000	S Ag	N.Hampshire	856,400
2000	P	Virginia	943,000,000
2000	D.	Virginia	651,616,000
2000	S	Virginia	4,020,083
2000	S Ag	Virginia	856,400

Year	Mint	State	quantity
2001	P	New York	655,400,000
2001	D.	New York	619,640,000
2001	S	New York	3,093,274
2001	S Ag	New York	889,697
2001	P	N.Carolina	627,600,000
2001	D.	N.Carolina	427,876,000
2001	S	N.Carolina	3,093,274
2001	S Ag	N.Carolina	889,697
2001	P	Rhode Island	423,000,000
2001	D.	Rhode Island	447,100,000
2001	S	Rhode Island	3,093,274
2001	S Ag	Rhode Island	889,697
2001	P	vermot	423,400,000
2001	D.	vermot	459,404,000
2001	S	vermot	3,093,274
2001	S Ag	vermot	889,697
2001	P	Kentucky	353,000,000
2001	D.	Kentucky	370,564,000
2001	S	Kentucky	3,093,274
2001	S Ag	Kentucky	889,697

Year	Mint	State	quantity
2002	P	Tennessee	361,600,000
2002	D.	Tennessee	286,468,000
2002	S	Tennessee	3,039,320
2002	S Ag	Tennessee	888,826
2002	P	Ohio	217,200,000
2002	D.	Ohio	414,832,000
2002	S	Ohio	3,039,320
2002	S Ag	Ohio	888,826
2002	P	louisiana	362,000,000
2002	D.	louisiana	402,204,000
2002	S	louisiana	3,039,320
2002	S Ag	louisiana	888,826
2002	P	Indiana	362,600,000
2002	D.	Indiana	327,200,000
2002	S	Indiana	3,039,320
2002	S Ag	Indiana	888,826
2002	P	mississippi	290,000,000
2002	D.	mississippi	286,600,000
2002	S	mississippi	3,039,320
2002	S Ag	mississippi	888,826

Year	Mint	State	quantity
2003	P	Illinois	225,800,000
2003	D.	Illinois	237,400,000
2003	S	Illinois
2003	S Ag	Illinois
2003	P	Alabama	225,000,000
2003	D.	Alabama	232,400,000
2003	S	Alabama
2003	S Ag	Alabama
2003	P	Maine	217,400,000
2003	D.	Maine	231,400,000
2003	S	Maine
2003	S Ag	Maine
2003	P	Missouri	225,000,000
2003	D.	Missouri	228,200,000
2003	S	Missouri
2003	S Ag	Missouri
2003	P	arkansas	228,000,000
2003	D.	arkansas	229,800,000
2003	S	arkansas
2003	S Ag	arkansas

Year	Mint	State	quantity
2004	P	Michigan	233,800,000
2004	D.	Michigan	225,800,000
2004	S	Michigan
2004	S Ag	Michigan
2004	P	Florida	240,200,000
2004	D.	Florida	241,600,000
2004	S	Florida
2004	S Ag	Florida
2004	P	Texas	278,800,000
2004	D.	Texas	263,000,000
2004	S	Texas
2004	S Ag	Texas
2004	P	Iowa	213,800,000
2004	D.	Iowa	251,400,000
2004	S	Iowa
2004	S Ag	Iowa
2004	P	Wisconsin	226,400,000
2004	D.	Wisconsin	226,800,000
2004	S	Wisconsin
2004	S Ag	Wisconsin

Year	Mint	State	quantity
2005	P	California	257,200,000
2005	D.	California	263,200,000
2005	S	California
2005	S Ag	California
2005	P	Minnesota	239,600,000
2005	D.	Minnesota	248,400,000
2005	S	Minnesota
2005	S Ag	Minnesota
2005	P	Oregon	316,200,000
2005	D.	Oregon	404,000,000
2005	S	Oregon
2005	S Ag	Oregon
2005	P	Kansas	263,400,000
2005	D.	Kansas	300,000,000
2005	S	Kansas
2005	S Ag	Kansas
2005	P	W.Virginia	365,400,000
2005	D.	W.Virginia	365,400,000
2005	S	W.Virginia
2005	S Ag	W.Virginia

Year	Mint	State	quantity
2006	P	Snowfall	277,000,000
2006	D.	Snowfall	312,800,000
2006	S	Snowfall
2006	S Ag	Snowfall
2006	P	Nebraska	318,000,000
2006	D.	Nebraska	273,000,000
2006	S	Nebraska
2006	S Ag	Nebraska
2006	P	Colorado	274,800,000
2006	D.	Colorado	294,200,000
2006	S	Colorado
2006	S Ag	Colorado
2006	P	N.Dakota
2006	D.	N.Dakota
2006	S	N.Dakota
2006	S Ag	N.Dakota
2006	P	S.Dakota
2006	D.	S.Dakota
2006	S	S.Dakota
2006	S Ag	S.Dakota

Year	Mint	State	quantity
2007	P	Mountain
2007	D.	Mountain
2007	S	Mountain
2007	S Ag	Mountain
2007	P	Washington
2007	D.	Washington
2007	S	Washington
2007	S Ag	Washington
2007	P	Idaho
2007	D.	Idaho
2007	S	Idaho
2007	S Ag	Idaho
2007	P	Wyoming
2007	D.	Wyoming
2007	S	Wyoming
2007	S Ag	Wyoming
2007	P	Utah
2007	D.	Utah
2007	S	Utah
2007	S Ag	Utah

Year	Mint	State	quantity
2008	P	Oklahoma
2008	D.	Oklahoma
2008	S	Oklahoma
2008	S Ag	Oklahoma
2008	P	N.Mexico
2008	D.	N.Mexico
2008	S	N.Mexico
2008	S Ag	N.Mexico
2008	P	Arizona
2008	D.	Arizona
2008	S	Arizona
2008	S Ag	Arizona
2008	P	Alaska
2008	D.	Alaska
2008	S	Alaska
2008	S Ag	Alaska
2008	P	hawaii
2008	D.	hawaii
2008	S	hawaii
2008	S Ag	hawaii

*Data obtained from “The Official Red Book” Ed.58 2005