New Jersey State Quarter

Year of issue: 1999

The New Jersey State Quarter is the third coin in the 50 State Quarters Program. The U.S. Mint released it on May 17, 1999 as the third quarter of the year. The quarter shows General George Washington leading his troops across the Delaware River to Trenton, New Jersey on December 25, 1776. During the next 10 days, the Colonial Army beat the British at the battles of Trenton and Princeton. New Jersey’s location put it at the heart of many famous Revolutionary War battles, giving it name the “Crossroads of the Revolution.”

The obverse (heads) design shows the familiar portrait of George Washington used on the quarter since 1932. But the inscriptions previously used on the reverse – "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA", "QUARTER DOLLAR", "LIBERTY", and "IN GOD WE TRUST" – all appear on the obverse in order to accommodate the state designs.