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In 1997, the US Congress directed that a series of quarters be minted that featured in turn a design representative of each of the 50 States. This was called the 50 State Quarters Program. This sequence was completed in 2008.

In 2007 the Congress extended the program to include coins with designed representing the District of Columbia and the unincorporated territories of Puerto Rico, Guam, United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands.

The quarter representing Puerto Rico was released on 30 March 2009. It depicts the outline of the island, a flying proa, and a latte stone and has the caption "Guahan I Tanó ManChamorro" The total mint run from the Denver and Philadelphia mints was 87,600,000 coins

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