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`
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
IN
GOD WE
TRUST
LIBERTY
S
QUARTER DOLLAR
Reverse description
Features native son Duke Ellington, the internationally renowned composer and musician, seated at a grand piano with the inscriptions, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, DUKE ELLINGTON and JUSTICE FOR ALL, the District`s motto.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
DUKE ELLINGTON
DL
JUSTICE
FOR ALL
E PLURIBUS UNUM 2009
Edge
Reeded
Mint
S United States Mint of San Francisco, United States (1854-date)