Connecticut State Quarter

50 State Quarters

Year of Issue: 1999
Authorizing Legislation: Public Law 105-124

Background

Production Process: Circulating

Coin Type: Circulating

Denomination: Quarter

Authorized Mintage Maximum: N/A

Approval Date: 12/01/1997

Characteristics

Obverse Description: Highlights a bust of President George Washington.

Reverse Description: Released on October 12, 1999, this is the fifth coin released in the 50 State Quarters Program and the fifth released in 1999. Connecticut, admitted into the Union on January 9, 1788, highlighted the The Charter Oak tree which proved to be a good hiding place for the state's original Constitution. President William J. Clinton was in office when this legislation was signed. Three United States Mint Directors served under President Clinton's tenure; David J. Ryder of Idaho, Philip N. Diehl of Texas, and Jay W. Johnson of Wisconsin.

Obverse Inscriptions

• UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
• LIBERTY
• IN GOD WE TRUST
• QUARTER DOLLAR

Reverse Inscriptions

• THE CHARTER OAK
• CONNECTICUT
• 1789
• 1999
• E PLURIBUS UNUM

Mint and Mint Mark

Artist Information

Obverse

Designer: John Flanagan and William Cousins

Reverse

Designer: T. James Ferrell

Related Information

Production and Sales Figures

Content last reviewed June 1, 2016