January 31, 2006
The State Quarters started in 1999.
If the date is 1895 it's a Barber quarter, the first year of issue for the Standing Liberty is 1916.
That's quarter, and if you check your pocket change you'll find that every state quarter minted since 1999 has 2 dates on it: the older one is the date that its state joined the union, and the newer date is the date the coin was made. Any that you find in change are worth exactly a quarter.
The US didn't issue any commemorative quarters in 1925. The only quarter that depicts the Wright Brothers flight is the North Carolina State Quarter which carried the dual dates 1789, the year NC was admitted to the Union and 2001, the coin's minting date.
The coin was NOT struck in 1788. The date of issue is on the front of the coin. It's 25 cents.
If you have a quarter from the States series, and it has the date of 1796 on it, that is because the state being commemorated was admitted to the Union that year. The state shown on your quarter is Tennessee.
A Babe Ruth State Quarter? Please post new question with the date on the coin and a better description.
The first US quarters were dated 1796. If you look more closely at your quarter (you did wonder how a 220+ year old quarter could look so shiny, right?) you'll see it has 2 dates. It's a modern state quarter. 1790 is the date its state was admitted to the union. The other date is the year it was minted.
The first US quarter dollars were minted in 1796. If your quarter has a picture of George Washington on one side, 1788 near the top of the other side, and it looks new, that's because it IS new. You have a State Quarter with two dates on it. 1788 is the date that the state was admitted to the Union, NOT the date the coin was minted! The minting date is at the bottom of the design on the back side. Nearly all State Quarters found in circulation have no extra value. Just a quarter, no more, no less.The US Mint did not start minting quarter dollars until 1796.The US Mint did not start minting quarter dollars until 1796.
8-15-11>> 1796 was the first year of issue for the US quarter. It's a very rare date. The value of an authentic example in the lowest collectible grade starts at $10.000.00.
If you look at the bottom of this, that, or any other "North Dakota" quarter you'll see that it shows the minting date - 2006. In fact, if you look at any of the other State Quarters in your pocket change, they all have the minting date at the bottom. The date at the top is the date that each state joined the Union, not when the coin was minted.So unless your coin is uncirculated, it's just one of billions of State Quarters out there and is only worth 25 cents.
It's not from 1890 and it's not from Wyoming. If you look more closely at your quarter (you did wonder how a 120 year old quarter could look so shiny, right?) you'll see it has 2 dates. It's a modern state quarter. 1890 is the date Wyoming was admitted to the union. The other date is the year it was minted.