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In 1999, the U.S. Mint began the 50 State Quarters program, issuing a series of 50 special quarter dollars, each representing an individual state. (The Delaware Quarter is shown in Figure 2-4.) The new coins have a common obverse (coin front); the reverses (coin backs) are chosen from designs submitted by each state. Each year, five new quarters were issued, spreading the program over a total of ten years. The U.S. Treasury reports that more than 100 million Americans collected the state quarters, including many who were completely new to collecting. To find out more about the 50 State Quarters program, turn to Chapter 13.

FIGURE 2-4: The 1999 Delaware Quarter — first of the 50 State Quarters.