Please help !!!!

First thanks for allowing me to join. I absolutely love coin hunting and finding all kinds of coins in everyday change people give me at my job Here's my question it's been bugging me for a while. Why is it on the back of the state issued US quarters the front of the coin it spells uNITED STATES OF AMERICA??? the older ones on the reverse are spelled correctly as in UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. It's the letter u that should be a capital letter always in UNITED STATES. If anyone knows the reason for this please help . Thank you in advance.
Brittany

 

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I’ve never seen that on any coin. Can you please provide photos?

 

Welcome to CT.

 

Huh, I never noticed that before but had to check. That's the way the coin was designed but does seem odd.

 

@Collecting Nut
It looks like all the State Quarters use that u in uNITED STATES

 

Looks normal to me.

 

Welcome to Coin Talk @youngblessedbarber

 

Really?

Look at the U again..
it doesn't look like this U
@-jeffB has given the best answer!

 

Nothing wrong with U, must be us.

 

It's just the particular type font that was used.
Look at the rest of the U's they are the same.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albertus_(typeface)

• In the uppercase "M" the middle strokes descend only partway, not reaching the baseline, in the default version.
• The uppercase "U" has a stem on the right side.
• Figures are lining.

 

After seeing Jeff’s answer and staring as best as I can I do see a slight difference.

 

Interesting as not all the Us are the same on this one.

 

Thats actually pretty cool it is actually a lower case u never would have thunk

 

No it isn't a lower case u.

 

That's right. UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS is set in a different (sans-serif) typeface. Eleanor Roosevelt is set in yet a third. It's not a design choice I would've made.

 

I'll rephrase that for you..."It's ugly!!!"

lol

 

Then TRuST is different also.

 

Is it just quarters. If not then what the hell. I kinda find that disturbing. I looked at other coins and their different