¼ Dollar "Washington Quarter"    Connecticut

Commemorative issue

Connecticut

Series: United States Mint's 50 State Quarters Program

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" and it is surrounded with the face value and the inscription "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA"

Script: Latin

Lettering:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
IN
GOD WE
TRUST
LIBERTY  P
JF WC
QUARTER DOLLAR

Engravers: John Flanagan, William Cousins

Reverse

The Charter Oak (felled by a storm in 1856) accompanied with the legend "THE CHARTER OAK" and surrounded with the state's name ("CONNECTICUT"), the date of its admission into Union ("1788"), and the motto "E PLURIBUS UNUM"

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CONNECTICUT
1788
THE
CHARTER OAK
1999 TJF
E PLURIBUS UNUM

Translation:
Connecticut
1788
The
Charter Oak
1999 TJF
Out of Many, One

Engraver: Thomas James Ferrell

Edge

Reeded