Specifications: Designs are submitted and recommended via a process determined by the governor of each state. Weight-5.670g, Diameter-24.26mm, Edge-Reeded, Composition-Clad (8.33% Nickel, 91.67% Copper)
A Celebration of the 50 States. From 1999 through the year 2008 the 50 State Quarters Program will honor every American State, in the order they joined the Union.
Signed by the President in late 1997, the legislation authorized the Mint to honor the 50 states in the order they entered the Union or ratified the Constitution by producing five quarters each year from 1999 through 2008. The design process for each quarter is determined within each state by the Governor before design concepts are sent to the Mint, and then returned to the states for final selection. Approval of the final design rests with the Treasury Secretary.
The 50 State Quarters will be manufactured at both the Philadelphia and Denver Mints, which produce all legal tender U.S. circulating coins, before being shipped to the Federal Reserve for distribution through the banking system. The Federal Reserve orders new quarters to ensure an adequate supply to meet the needs of commerce as commercial banks demand. The Mint projects production for each 50 States Quarter will range from 500 million to 750 million for each state reverse design.
The portrait of President George Washington will continue on the obverse ("heads"); however, inscriptions have been moved to accommodate the State designs on the reverse. The Eagle reverse is scheduled to resume in 2009.
| 1999 - Total Mintage: 4,430,940,000 | |||
| State | Mintage | Release Date | Statehood Date |
| Delaware | 774,824,000 | January 01, 1999 | December 07, 1787 |
| Pennsylvania | 707,332,000 | March 08, 1999 | December 12, 1787 |
| New Jersey | 662,228,000 | May 17, 1999 | December 18, 1787 |
| Georgia | 939,932,000 | July 19, 1999 | January 02, 1788 |
| Connecticut | 1,346,624,000 | October 12, 1999 | January 09, 1788 |
| 2000 - Total Mintage: 6,470,932,000 | |||
| State | Mintage | Release Date | Statehood Date |
| Massachusetts | 1,163,784,000 | January 03, 2000 | February 06, 1788 |
| Maryland | 1,234,732,000 | March 13, 2000 | April 28, 1788 |
| South Carolina | 1,308,784,000 | May 22, 2000 | May 23, 1788 |
| New Hampshire | 1,169,016,000 | August 07, 2000 | June 21, 1788 |
| Virginia | 1,594,616,000 | October 16, 2000 | June 25, 1788 |
| 2001 - Total Mintage: 4,806,984,000 | |||
| State | Mintage | Release Date | Statehood Date |
| New York | 1,275,040,000 | January 8, 2001 | July 26, 1788 |
| North Carolina | 1,055,476,000 | March 12, 2001 | November 21, 1789 |
| Rhode Island | 870,100,000 | May 21, 2001 | May 29, 1790 |
| Vermont | 882,804,000 | August 6, 2001 | March 04, 1791 |
| Kentucky | 723,564,000 | October 15, 2001 | June 01, 1792 |
| 2002 - Total Mintage: 3,313,704,000 | |||
| State | Mintage | Release Date | Statehood Date |
| Tennessee | 648,068,000 | January 2, 2002 | June 01, 1796 |
| Ohio | 632,032,000 | March 11, 2002 | March 01, 1803 |
| Louisiana | 764,204,000 | May 20, 2002 | April 30, 1812 |
| Indiana | 689,800,000 | August 02, 2002 | December 11, 1816 |
| Mississippi | 579,600,000 | October 15, 2002 | December 10, 1817 |
| 2003 - Total Mintage: 2,280,400,000 | |||
| State | Mintage | Release Date | Statehood Date |
| Illinois | 463,200,000 | January 02, 2003 | December 03, 1818 |
| Alabama | 457,400,000 | March 17, 2003 | December 14, 1819 |
| Maine | 448,800,000 | June 02, 2003 | March 15, 1820 |
| Missouri | 453,200,000 | August 04, 2003 | August 10, 1821 |
| Arkansas | 457,800,000 | October 20, 2003 | June 15, 1836 |
| 2004 - Total Mintage: 2,401,600,000 | |||
| State | Mintage | Release Date | Statehood Date |
| Michigan | 459,600,000 | January 26, 2004 | January 26, 1837 |
| Florida | 481,800,000 | March 29, 2004 | March 03, 1845 |
| Texas | 541,800,000 | June 01, 2004 | December 29, 1845 |
| Iowa | 465,200,000 | August 30, 2004 | December 28, 1846 |
| Wisconsin | 453,200,000 | October 25, 2004 | May 29, 1848 |
| 2005 - Total Mintage: 3,013,600,000 | |||
| State | Mintage | Release Date | Statehood Date |
| California | 520,400,000 | January 31, 2005 | September 09, 1850 |
| Minnesota | 488,000,000 | April 04, 2005 | May 11, 1858 |
| Oregon | 720,200,000 | June 06, 2005 | February 14, 1859 |
| Kansas | 563,400,000 | August 29, 2005 | January 29, 1861 |
| West Virginia | 721,600,000 | October 14, 2005 | June 20, 1863 |
| 2006 - Total Mintage: 2,925,400,000 | |||
| State | Mintage | Release Date | Statehood Date |
| Nevada | 589,800,000 | January 31, 2006 | October 31, 1864 |
| Nebraska | 591,000,000 | April 03, 2006 | March 01, 1867 |
| Colorado | 569,000,000 | June 14, 2006 | August 01, 1876 |
| North Dakota | 664,800,000 | August 28, 2006 | November 02, 1889 |
| South Dakota | 510,800,000 | November 06, 2006 | November 02, 1889 |
| 2007 ~ Total Mintage: 000 | |||
| State | Mintage | Release Date | Statehood Date |
| Montana | 513,240,000 | January 29, 2006 | November 08, 1889 |
| Washington | 545,200,000 | April 02, 2007 | November 11, 1889 |
| Idaho | August 03, 2007 | July 03, 1890 | |
| Wyoming | July 10, 1890 | ||
| Utah | January 04, 1896 | ||