During the program, a new statehood quarter is released by the United States Mint every ten weeks, meaning that five designs are released each year. Each quarter's reverse celebrates one of the 50 states with a design honoring its unique history, traditions and symbols, usually designed by a resident of that state and chosen by the state government.

The quarters are released in the same order that the states joined the Union. The obverse of each quarter is a slight redesign of the previous design of the quarter.

The statehood quarters program has become one of the most popular commemorative coin programs in United States history; the United States Mint has estimated that over one hundred million individuals have collected state quarters, either formally or informally.

The series will get an extra breath of life. A bill to issue six more coins in 2009, honoring the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands and the Northern Mariana Islands has been approved by the House of Representatives, the Senate banking committee, and was signed into law by President George W. Bush.

Since the program has been extended to DC and the territories, the additional six coins to be minted in 2009 would generate renewed interest in the series, generate over $400 million in additional revenue to the Treasury and lead many publishers to produce new products to accommodate the additional six coins.

Washington - The District of Columbia and the five U.S. territories will get their own commemorative quarter-dollars in 2009, under new legislation signed by President Bush.

In 2009, the United States Mint will mint and issue six quarter-dollar coins in honor of the District of Columbia and the five United States Territories: the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. These coins will be issued in equal sequential intervals in 2009 in the order listed.

The image of George Washington as seen on the obverse of the 50 State Quarters® coins will remain unchanged. The reverse of each quarter will be distinctly different with images emblematic of the District of Columbia and each of the United States Territories.

The first quarter to be issued in the 2009 program will be the one honoring the District of Columbia.  The five United States territories will follow throughout 2009.

Legislation is calling for a new 11 year quarter program starting in 2010. Starting in 2010, five differently designed quarters will be released yearly until 2020. The bill is titled: America's Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008.

For more information on the National Park Quarter Program, please visit my other guide by clicking on the link at the bottom of the page.


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Here are state quarters in the order in which they were released:


1999 State Quarters:

Delaware          
Pennsylvania      
New Jersey           
Georgia            
Connecticut


2000 State Quarters:

Massachusetts       
Maryland        
South Carolina   
New Hampshire         
Virginia


2001 State Quarters:

New York        
North Carolina    
Rode Island           
Vermont              
Kentucky


2002 State Quarters:

Tennessee              
Ohio                 
Louisiana               
Indiana              
Mississippi


2003 State Quarters:

Illinois                
Alabama              
Main                   
Missouri              
Arkansas


2004 State Quarters:

Michigan            
Florida                 
Texas                  
Iowa                   
Wisconsin


2005 State Quarters:

California           
Minnesota             
Oregon               
Kansas                
West Virginia


2006 State Quarters:

Nevada              
Nebraska               
Colorado            
North Dakota        
South Dakota


2007 State Quarters:

Montana              
Washington               
Idaho                  
Wyoming                    
Utah


2008 State Quarters:

Oklahoma              
New Mexico               
Arizona                  
Alaska                    
Hawaii


2009 Territory Quarters:

District of Columbia              
Puerto Rico               
Guam                  
American Samoa                    
Virgin Islands
Northern Mariana Islands

    




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Here are more of my guides you may be interested in:

2009 U.S. Territories (State Quarters) Winning Designs

2009 Native American $1 Coins

New 2009 Lincoln Penny Cent (Pictures of the Pennies)

2010 National Park Quarters Program (2010-2020)

Presidential $1 Dollar Coins (2007-2016)