America the Beautiful Quarter Dollar, Coin Type from United States - detailed information

The Quarter Dollar is a United States coin worth 25 cents. It has been produced on and off since 1796 and consistently since 1831.

From its inception until 1964, the denomination was issued in silver; it underwent several design changes, including finally the silver Washington quarter (1932 - 1964) featuring the first President of the United States on the obverse and the American Eagle clutching a bunch of arrows on the reverse. Initially meant as a one-year design to commemorate 200 years since the birth of George Washington in 1932, the obverse became the definitive design for the denomination and has been used ever since. The reverse was issued in this form until 1998, after which time a large number of circulating commemoratives started being issued instead; the State Quarters series of 50 coins featuring each State was issued from 1999 to 2008; in 2009, a six-coin series represented the District of Columbia and five US territories.

The America the Beautiful Quarters Program (abbreviated ATB) running from 2010 until 2021 was then introduced; it is a 56 quarter-dollar coin series featuring designs depicting national parks and other national sites in each state, federal district or territory. The national site quarter-dollars were issued at a rate of five new designs each year in the order in which the selected sites were first established as a national site. For the first time, there was also a parallel bullion coin program, with the United States Mint also minting silver bullion quarter-dollar coins that are duplicates of the America the Beautiful Quarters, made of .999 fine silver and weighing five ounces.

The quarter dollar has a copper inner core bonded to an outer layer of copper-nickel (75% copper, 25% nickel).