Uh, did you look beyond the "1788" date to see that the coin also carries the date 2000, the year it was issued to mark the admission of Virginia to the U.S.? EVERY SINGLE ONE of the State Quarters carries two dates, the date the coin was struck and the date the state was admitted to the Union.
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it's not silver, either. Look at the edge. It's made of copper and nickel, and is only worth 25 cents, just like all the other dozens of billions of state quarters in circulation.
The first US quarter dollar was issued in 1796 not 1792.
There were no quarter dollar coins issued by the U.S. mint in 1788.
The first federally-issued $1 bills had a picture of Salmon P. Chase, Abraham Lincoln's Secretary of the Treasury.
There were no special coins issued for the US Centennial in 1876.If you have a modern bicentennial quarter with 2 dates, 1776-1976, it's only worth face value in circulated condition.
The very first federally-issued $2 bills were printed in 1862 and had a picture of Alexander Hamilton. Hamilton's picture was replaced by Thomas Jefferson's in 1869.
The first US quarter dollar was issued in 1796 not 1792.
There were no quarter dollar coins issued by the U.S. mint in 1788.
If the back of your coin has a picture of an eagle landing on the moon and a very severe-looking woman on the front, it's called a Susan B. Anthony dollar. All of the ones you'll find in change are worth just a dollar. Anthony dollars were issued for circulation in 1979, 1980, and 1999 but were failures because they were almost identical in size and color to a quarter, as you noted.
The first U.S. quarter was issued in 1796. It is a Draped Bust type with the small eagle reverse. Also this coin does not have a "Mark of Value" such as 25 CENTS or Quarter Dollar.
There were so many of these printed that in circulated condition its value is a dollar or less.
A Barber coin is a nickname given to the dime, quarter dollar and half dollar designed by Charles E. Barber. Each of these coins were first issued in 1892.
The first US Trade Dollar was issued in 1873 and the United States did not exist in 1704.
It was issued in 2008.
Do you mean a quarter DOLLAR? Quarter eagles were not issued in 1968. And could you describe "double 'stamped"" ? (note the term is actually "struck" in coin jargon).
The Alaskan State quarter was issued in 2008.
The first federally-issued $1 bills had a picture of Salmon P. Chase, Abraham Lincoln's Secretary of the Treasury.
The North Carolina state quarter was issued in 2001.