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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;davidh, post: 491882, member: 15062&quot;]The initial proposal was for 56 coins, 5 per year, for 11 years.&nbsp; And with provisions for a second round of 56 more after that <a href="http://www.castle.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=668&amp;Itemid=78" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.castle.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=668&amp;Itemid=78" rel="nofollow">http://www.castle.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=668&amp;Itemid=78</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The obverse design is not specified as being changed from what it is now, but this <blockquote><p>(8) DESIGNS AFTER END OF PROGRAM- Upon the completion of the coin program under this subsection, the design on--</p><p>`(A) the obverse of the quarter dollar shall revert to the same design containing an image of President Washington in effect for the quarter dollar before the institution of the 50-State quarter dollar program; and</p><p>`(B) notwithstanding the fourth sentence of subsection (d)(1), the reverse of the quarter dollar shall contain an image of General Washington crossing the Delaware River prior to the Battle of Trenton.</p></blockquote><p>is found in the Bill&#039;s final version <a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c110:5:./temp/~c110M9Gtae::" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c110:5:./temp/~c110M9Gtae::" rel="nofollow">http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c110:5:./temp/~c110M9Gtae::</a>&nbsp; The final version of the Bill provides <blockquote><blockquote><p>(2) SINGLE SITE IN EACH STATE- The design on the reverse side of each quarter dollar issued during the period of issuance under this subsection shall be emblematic of 1 national site in each State.</p></blockquote></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>The bottom line is, Washington, in the present design, will be on the obverse of the quarters.&nbsp; There will be 50 quarters issued, one each for a site in each state and at the end of the program, the obverse will revert to the pre-1999 design, with Washington crossing the Delaware on the reverse.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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