Puerto Rico Quarter

The United States Mint on Thurs­day April 2, intro­duced the 2009 Puerto Rico quar­ter, which is the sec­ond of six com­mem­o­ra­tive quar­ters issued in the 2009 Dis­trict of Colum­bia and U.S. Ter­ri­to­ries Quar­ters Program.The quarter-dollar reverse or tails side was designed by US Mint Sculptor-Engraver Joseph Menna. It depicts a sen­try box in Old San Juan over­look­ing the sea and Puerto Rico’s offi­cial flower, the hibis­cus. The reverse also includes the inscrip­tions Isla del Encanto (Island of Enchant­ment), mak­ing it the first U.S. coin to cir­cu­late with a phrase in Spanish.

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