¼ Dollar "Washington Quarter" (Northern Mariana Islands - Silver Proof) Coin

¼ Dollar "Washington Quarter" (Northern Mariana Islands - Silver Proof)

Country: United States
Denomination: Quarter Dollar = 25 Cents (0.25 USD)
Year: 2009
Material: Silver (.900)
Weight: 6.25 g
Shape: Round
Diameter: 24.26 mm
Type: Non circulating coin
Catalog list: united states

Description:

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" surrounded with the denomination and the inscription "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA"

Reverse

Near the shore stands a large limestone latte, the supporting column of ancient indigenous Chamorro structures. A canoe of the indigenous Carolinians represents the people's seafaring skills across vast distances. Two white fairy tern birds fly in characteristic synchrony overhead. A Carolinian mwar (head lei) composed of plumeria, langilang (Ylang Ylang), angagha (peacock flower) and teibwo (Pacific Basil) borders the bottom of the design.

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