Commemorative issue

Alabama

Series: United States Mint's 50 State Quarters® Program

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 the lettering "LIBERTY" and it is surrounded with the face value and the inscription "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA", engravers' initials on neck truncation.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
IN
GOD WE
TRUST
LIBERTY P
JF wc
QUARTER DOLLAR

Engravers: John Flanagan Read more on Wikipedia, William Cousins

Reverse

Portrait of Helen Keller, the first deafblind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree, and her name in English and in a reduced-size version of Braille, an Alabama long leaf pine branch with magnolias gracing the sides of the design, and the Spirit of Courage banner underlining the image.

Scripts: Braille, Latin

Lettering:
ALABAMA
1819
⠤⠓⠑⠇⠢
⠤⠅⠑⠇⠇⠻
HELEN
KELLER
SPIRIT of COURAGE
NEN
2003
E PLURIBUS UNUM

Translation:
Alabama
1819
Helen
Keller
Spirit of Courage
NEN
2003
Out of Many, One

Engraver: Norman E. Nemeth

Edge

Reeded

¼ Dollar "Washington Quarter" (Alabama) - obverse

© Cyrillius

Mints

DUnited States Mint, Denver, United States (1906-date)
PUnited States Mint, Philadelphia, United States (1792-date)
SUnited States Mint, San Francisco, United States (1854-date)

Comments

Helen Adams Keller (1880 - 1968) was an American lecturer and political activist. Although blind and deaf, she managed to become the first disabled person to graduate from college. Her determination was admired in the United States.Automatically translated


Features

IssuerUnited States 
PeriodFederal republic (1776-date)
TypeCirculating commemorative coin
Year2003
Value¼ Dollar = 25 Cents (0.25 USD)
CurrencyDollar (1785-date)
CompositionCopper-nickel clad copper
Weight5.67 g
Diameter24.26 mm
Thickness1.75 mm
ShapeRound
TechniqueMilled
OrientationCoin alignment ↑↓
NumberN# 625 
ReferencesKM# 344, Schön# 344