Issuer United States
Period Federal republic (1776-date)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1965-1998
Value ¼ Dollar = 25 Cents
¼ USD = EUR 0.24
Currency Dollar (1785-date)
Composition Copper-nickel clad copper
Weight 5.67 g
Diameter 24.26 mm
Thickness 1.75 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Obverse
The portrait in left profile of George Washington, the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797, is accompanied with the motto: "IN GOD WE TRUST" and surrounded with the lettering: "LIBERTY"
NOTE: KM#164a reprised after 1977 as KM#A164a
Script: Latin
Lettering:
LIBERTY
IN GOD WE TRUST
JF
1965
Engraver: John Flanagan Read more on Wikipedia
Reverse
An eagle, wings spread, and standing on a shaft of arrows with two olive sprays beneath the eagle, is surrounded with the face value, the motto "E PLURIBUS UNUM" and the lettering "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA"
Script: Latin
Lettering:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
E PLURIBUS
UNUM
QUARTER DOLLAR
Translation: Out of Many One
Engraver: John Flanagan Read more on Wikipedia
Edge
Reeded