United States ¼ Dollar "Washington Quarter", 2016
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, Kentucky
Information
Country
United States
Currency
Dollar
(1785 – 9999)
Coin type
Circulating commemorative coin
Denomination
¼ Dollar = 25 Cents
Year
2016
Ruler
Federal republic
(1776–9999)
Composition
Copper-nickel clad copper
Shape
Round
Alignment
Coin alignment ↑↓
Technique
Milled
Weight (g)
5.67
Diameter (mm)
24.3
Thickness (mm)
1.75
Description
¼ Dollar = 25 Cents from United States. Issued in 2016. Struck in Copper-nickel clad copper. Measures 24.3 mm and weighs 5.67 g.
- Obverse
- 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.
- Reverse
- 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.” (Cumberland Gap First Doorway to the West BF JFM Kentucky 2016 Out of Many, One)
- Edge
- Reeded
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