FREE: 1976 Bicentennial Quarter

The listing, 1976 Bicentennial Quarter has ended.

Commemorative issue

200th Anniversary of the founding of The United States Declaration of Independence 1776-1976Obverse

The portrait in left profile of George Washington, the first President of the UNITED STATES from 1789 to 1797, is accompanied with the motto: "IN GOD WE TRUST" and surrounded with the lettering: "LIBERTY"

Lettering:
LIBERTY
IN GOD WE TRUST
1776-1976

Engraver: John Flanagan
Reverse

A Colonial patriot drummer facing left, with a victory torch surrounded with thirteen stars at the upper left, is accompanied with the motto "E PLURIBUS UNUM" and surrounded with the facial value and the lettering "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA"

Lettering:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
E PLURIBUS UNUM
QUARTER DOLLAR
JLA

Engraver: J. L. Ahr
Edge

Reeded (with 119 reeds)
¼ Dollar "Washington Quarter" (Bicentennial)

The American Revolution began in 1776. The 200th anniversary of this event in 1976, a.k.a. the American Bicentennial, was widely celebrated. All quarter dollars, half dollars, and dollars were struck with a special obverse for that year. These were the first of America's "modern" circulating commemoratives, and currently also the only ones not to be part of a long multi-year series.