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DenominationQuarter Dollar (25 cents)
Country / EmpireUnited States
Obverse DesignGeorge Washington's portrait (modified by John Flanagan from William Cousins' original design), with inscriptions 'UNITED STATES OF AMERICA', 'LIBERTY', 'IN GOD WE TRUST', and 'QUARTER DOLLAR'.
Reverse DesignCaesar Rodney on horseback, riding from Dover to Philadelphia in 1776 to cast the deciding vote for independence. Inscriptions include 'DELAWARE', '1787' (date of statehood), 'CAESAR RODNEY', and 'E PLURIBUS UNUM'.
Historical Context
The 1999 Delaware quarter was the first coin released in the United States Mint's 50 State Quarters Program, which ran from 1999 to 2008. Each state was honored with a unique reverse design, issued in the order of their ratification of the Constitution or admission to the Union. Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution on December 7, 1787, earning it the nickname 'The First State'.
