Your coin is an ordinary Bicentennial quarter that's been "colorized" as a so-called collectible. That makes it an altered coin worth only face value.
July 24, 2009 Gold plating a coin destroys its numismatic value. The Bicentennial quarter is worth but a quarter plus the value of the bit of gold used to plate it.
The date on it should read 1776-1976. It's a common U.S. bicentennial quarter, still worth 25 cents.
It's a common bicentennial quarter, still worth 25 cents. Denver minted 860 million of them.
That indentation is damage that means the coin is only worth a quarter.
Please look at the coin's dual dates - 1776 to 1976 is TWO hundred years, not 100. That would make this a quarter issued for the US Bicentennial.
July 24, 2009 Gold plating a coin destroys its numismatic value. The Bicentennial quarter is worth but a quarter plus the value of the bit of gold used to plate it.
The drummer on the bicentennial quarter is not based off of any real (or fictional) person but is supposed to be a personification of the spirit of American independence. The drummer is based off of Archibald MacNeal Willard's painting The Spirit of '76, but is not named.
A 1776-1976 no proof quarter dollar worth in 2012
The date on it should read 1776-1976. It's a common U.S. bicentennial quarter, still worth 25 cents.
It's a common bicentennial quarter, still worth 25 cents. Denver minted 860 million of them.
The 1776-1976 quarter features a special design commemorating the United States Bicentennial. It has a double date of 1776-1976 on the front, with a colonial drummer on the reverse side. The coin also has a dual-dating feature to mark the 200th anniversary of the United States.
That indentation is damage that means the coin is only worth a quarter.
Please look at the coin's dual dates - 1776 to 1976 is TWO hundred years, not 100. That would make this a quarter issued for the US Bicentennial.
It's a Bicentennial Quarter that's still in circulation, more than 1.5 Billion were minted so you can spend it. It's worth 25 cents.
Please check the back of your coin. Independence Hall was on the back of Bicentennial half dollars. Quarters showed a drummer boy.
JLA is a monogram, not an acronym, and belongs to the artist Jack L. Ahr who designed the bicentennial quarter's reverse. The fact that your quarter doesn't have a mint mark simply means it was minted in Philadelphia. The P mint mark wasn't used on quarters (and most other coins) until 1980.
No! Bicentennial quarters are all from 1976 and have a different 'tail' side that has a drummer in a tricorn hat instead of the eagle. The date on the front also will say 1776-1976 under G.W.'s head. Here is a great link that has a picture of a bicentennial quarter on it if you scroll partway down (see Related Links).