1/4 Dollar 'Washington Quarter' Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, Kentucky

Issuer United States
Year 2016
Type Commemorative circulation coin
Value 1/4 Dollar = 25 Cents (1/4 USD)
Currency Dollar (1785-date)
Composition Copper-nickel clad copper
Weight 5.67 g
Diameter 24.3 mm
Thickness 1.75 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Engraver(s) Obverse: William Cousins
Reverse: Joseph Menna
In circulation to
Reference(s) KM#636
Obverse description The portrait in left profile of George Washington, the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797, is accompanied with the motto `IN GOD WE TRUST` and the lettering `LIBERTY` surrounded with the denomination and the inscription `UNITED STATES OF AMERICA`, initials JF in truncation of portrait.
Obverse script Latin
Obverse lettering UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN GOD WE TRUST LIBERTY P JF QUARTER DOLLAR
Reverse description A frontiersman gazing across the mountains to the West. Many pioneers used Cumberland Gap on their journey into the western frontiers of Kentucky and Tennessee. Inscriptions are “CUMBERLAND GAP,” “FIRST DOORWAY TO THE WEST,” “KENTUCKY,” “2016” and “E PLURIBUS UNUM.”
Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering CUMBERLAND GAP FIRST DOORWAY TO THE WEST BF JFM KENTUCKY 2016 E PLURIBUS UNUM
(Translation: Cumberland Gap First Doorway to the West BF JFM Kentucky 2016 Out of Many, One)
Edge Reeded
Mint D
United States Mint of Denver,United States (1906-date)
P
United States Mint of Philadelphia, United States (1792-date)
S
United States Mint of San Francisco, United States (1854-date)
Mintage 2016 D - - 223 200 000
2016 P - - 215 400 000
2016 S - Circulation quality not released for circulation - 975 220
2016 S - Proof - 660 215
Numisquare ID 5509862660
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