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"Washington Quarters were originally issued in 1932 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of our country's first president. For his model, designer John Flanagan used the bust considered Washinton's best likeness, sculpted in 1785 by Jean-Antoine Houdon. The design proved so popular that it was again used in 1934 and each year thereafter. The coins were made at all three United States mints. Pieces struck at Denver or San Francisco are identified by a minmark, a small letter D or S placed below the wreath on the reverse. Coins made at the main mint in Philadelphia have no mintmark prior to 1980." - Whitman Publishing
Designer: John Flanagan; Jack L. Ahr (Bicentennial reverse). Weight: 1932 - 1964, modern silver Proofs -- 6.25 grams; 1965 to date, clad issues -- 5.67 grams; 1967 silver clad -- 5.75 grams. Composition: 1932 - 1964, modern silver Proofs -- 90% silver, 10% copper (net weight .18084 oz. pure silver); 1965 to date, clad issues -- outer layers of copper nickel (75% copper, 25% nickel) bonded to inner core of pure copper; 1976 silver clad -- outer layers of 80% silver, 20% copper bonded to inner core of 20.9% silver, 79.1% copper (net weight .0739 oz. pure silver). Diameter: 24.3 mm. Edge: Reeded. Mints: Philadelphia, Denver, and San Francisco.