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United States 1972-D Washington Quarter
Description – Washington Quarter
Intended to be a circulating commemorative coin honoring the bicentennial of the birth of America’s first president, the
Washington quarter as originally designed was struck from 1932 to 1998, save for a two-year run in 1975 and 1976, when the coin’s reverse was swapped out for the “drummer boy” design of
Jack Ahr.
The backstory behind the Washington quarter is the stuff of myth and intrigue. Anticipating the release of a half dollar honoring Washington, the
Commission of Fine Arts (CFA), in collaboration with the
George Washington Bicentennial Commission, held a contest to find a winning design for the coin. The competition called for the artists to base their portrait of George Washington on the