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1/4 Dollar 'Washington Quarter' Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site, Alabama
| Issuer | United States Mint |
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| Year | 2021 |
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| Value | 1/4 Dollar = 25 Cents (1/4 USD) |
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| Obverse description | Left-facing draped bust effigy of George Washington, based on the classic portrait by John Flanagan, dominates the centre of the obverse field. The legend UNITED STATES OF AMERICA arcs along the upper periphery, with QUARTER DOLLAR inscribed along the lower border. The word LIBERTY appears to the left of the portrait, while the motto IN GOD WE TRUST is inscribed in four lines to the right. The San Francisco Mint mark S is positioned below the motto, and the engraver's initials JF appear incuse at the base of the truncation. |
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| Obverse lettering | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA LIBERTY IN GOD WE TRUST QUARTER DOLLAR S JF |
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The Tuskegee Airmen quarter was issued under the America the Beautiful Quarters Program, which ran from 2010 to 2021 — this Alabama release appearing in the program's final year. The .999 silver versions were struck exclusively for collector sets and never entered circulation, a distinction that separates their production context entirely from the copper-nickel pieces handling the same design in commerce.
Tuskegee Institute's role as the training ground for the 332nd Fighter Group stemmed directly from the Army Air Corps' reluctant compliance with pressure to integrate pilot training — the program existed largely because activists forced a legal confrontation with the War Department in 1941.