District of Columbia and Territory Quarters

The District of Columbia and Territory Quarters Program was a one-year coin program in 2009 where coins for 6 U.S. territories were made: The District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands. The front of the quarters is the exact same as that of the 50 state quarters, with the face of George Washington.  Fact Box District of Columbia Release Date: January 26, 2009 Mintage: 172,400,000 Design: Duke Ellington seated at a grand piano Designer: Don Everhart Fact Box Puerto Rico Release Date: March 30, 2009 Mintage: 139,200,000 Design: A historic sentry box at Castillo San Felipe del Morro and a hibiscus flower. Designer: Joseph F. Menna Fact Box Guam Release Date: May 26, 2009 Mintage: 87,600,000 Design: Depicts the outline of the island, a flying proa, and a latte stone Designer: Jim Licaretz Fact Box American Samoa Release Date: July 27, 2009 Mintage: 82,200,000 Design: Depicts the ava bowl, whisk, and staff in the foreground with a coconut tree on the shore in the background Designer: Charles L. Vickers Fact Box U.S. Virgin Islands Release Date: September 28, 2009 Mintage: 82,000,000 Design: An outline of the three major islands, the yellow breast or bananaquit, the yellow cedar or yellow elder, and a tyre palm tree Designer: Joseph F. Menna Fact Box Northern Mariana Islands Release Date: November 30, 2009 Mintage: 72,800,000 Design: A large limestone latte, a canoe of the indigenous Carolinians, two white fairy tern birds, and a Carolinian mwar borders the bottom. Designer: Phebe Hemphill