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District of Columbia and U.S. Territorial Quarters 2009
Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library
District of Columbia and U.S. Territorial Quarters 2009
Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library

District of Columbia and U.S. Territorial Quarters 2009

Artifact SeriesPost Presidential Collection
Artifact ID2021.1.1
Object Type Quarter
Manufacturer (Established 1792)
Date 2009
Medium metal (silver, nickel, copper), plastic, metal
DimensionsOverall - 3D H 7/8 in x W 8 in x D 9 1/2 in (2.2 cm x 20.3 cm x 24.1 cm )
Physical DescriptionSet of six standard and silver proof quarter-dollar coins minted and issued in 2009 in honor of the District of Columbia and the five U.S. Territories: the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Each set includes four coins, three silver clad with mint marks from Philadelphia (P), Denver (D), and San Francisco (S); one silver proof coin minted in San Francisco (S). The entire set is housed in a collector's album with circular insets.

Obverse quarter elements:
(.a-d) District of Columbia: Duke Ellington seated at a grand piano.
(e-h) Puerto Rico: A sentry box at Castillo San Felipe del Morro and a maga flower.
(i-l) Guam: An outline of the island, a proa boat, and a latte stone.
(m-p) American Samoa: An ava bowl, whisk and staff in the foreground with a coconut tree on the shore in the background.
(q-t) U.S. Virgin Islands: An outline of the three major islands, the bananaquit, the yellow cedar or yellow elder, and a tyre palm tree.
(u-x) Northern Mariana Islands: Near the shore stand a large limestone latte, a canoe of the indigenous Carolinians, two white fairy terns, and a mwar (head lei).

Reverse quarter element:
(.a-x) George Washington in profile.
Custodial History / ProvenanceThis item was acquired personally by the donor and donated to the Obama Presidential Library in 2021.Additional Details
Credit LineGift of Joel Forman
National Archives Catalog CollectionBarack Obama Artifact Collection (National Archives Identifier 63542091)
National Archives Catalog SeriesPost Presidential Collection (National Archives Identifier 63542091)
Use Restriction StatusRestricted - Possibly
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