1999-S 25C Delaware Silver, DCAM PR70DCAM 认证号36118601, PCGS号96043

About the Coin The 50 States Commemorative Coin Program Act was signed by President Clinton on December 1, 1997. Sponsored by Representative Michael Castle (R-DE) in the House and Senator John Chafee (R-RI) in the Senate, the Act authorized the production of 50 commemorative quarters released five per year over 10 years. Each quarter would feature a different reverse design as determined by the individual states themselves. As for the obverse, adjustments were made to John Flanagan’s effigy of George Washington (itself based on a bust by French sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon) and all of the inscriptions were repositioned to accomodate the legend UNITED STATES OF AMERICA at the top. These revisions to the original quarter design were made by U.S. Mint sculptor/engraver William Cousins, and they appeared on all of the subsequent 50 State, U.S. Territories and America the Beautiful quarters. Cousins also designed the very first state quarter reverse for Delaware, featuring native son and Founding Father Caesar Rodney on horseback, who famously rode from Dover to Philadelphia during a thunderstorm to break a tie and ensure that Delware would vote for independence from Britain. The inscriptions “CAESAR RODNEY” and “THE FIRST STATE” are prominently displayed, and the inscription “DELAWARE” is at the top of the side. The date 1787–the year Delaware became a state–is immediately underneath, and the second part of the dual date–1999–is at the bottom, stating the coin’s year of issue. By no means a rare coin, 373,400,000 clad business strike quarters were minted in Philadelphia and 401,424,000 were struck in Denver. The San Francisco Mint produced 3,713,359 Proofs in clad and 804,565 Proof quarters in 90% silver.

Jaime Hernandez

In 1999 the Mint struck Delaware Proof Quarters in a clad version and a 90% silver version. The 1999-S Delaware Proof Silver Quarters had a significantly lower mintage than that of the clad's. Therefore, making the silver version scarcer as well as more expensive. In PR67 to about PR69 Deep Cameo the 1999-S Delaware Proof Silver Quarters are common. However, in PR70 Deep Cameo condition they are scarce and command a significant premium over PR69 Deep Cameo prices.