2009 D.C. & U.S. Territories Quarter Program
Although the 50 State Quarters Program will officially come to an end in 2008, the following year will feature The District of Columbia and United States Territories Quarter Program. This separate program authorizes six additional quarters to honor U.S. jurisdictions which are not States.
The authorizing legislation was signed into law on December 26, 2007 by President Bush under the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2008 (H.R. 2764).
In 2009, coins will be issued for the following district and territories:
- The District of Columbia
- The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
- Guam
- American Samoa
- The United States Virgin Islands
- The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
The reverse designs for some of the 2009 Quarters have already been selected. While others are in the process of being finalized. Each reverse design will be distinctly different and contain images emblematic of each jurisdiction. The obverse design will continue to bear the image of Washington designed by William Cousins after the original by John Flanigan.
Release dates for the 2009 Quarters have not yet been set, but they are planned to take place at equal sequential intervals throughout the year.
