Treasury Secretary Robert E. Rubin today wrote the state governors with details on the design selection process for the 50 states commemorative quarters.
Each governor will determine the state's design-selection process, with final approval resting with the Treasury Secretary. The coins will be issued by the U.S. Mint beginning next year.
The Fifty States Commemorative Coin Program Act (Public Law 105-124) provides for the redesign of the reverse (tails) side of the quarters with designs emblematic of each of the 50 states. The law provides for five states to be featured each year beginning in 1999, in the order in which the states ratified the U.S. Constitution or were admitted into the Union.
This is a unique opportunity for the federal and state governments to join together in honoring each state and its contributions to the Union, Secretary Rubin said.
The design selection process will be as follows:
The five states to have their commemorative quarters issued in 1999 are Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia and Connecticut.
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