¼ Dollar "Washington Quarter" (Northern Mariana Islands - Silver Proof) , United States
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Obverse
The portrait in left profile of George Washington, the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797, is accompanied with the motto "IN GOD WE TRUST" and the lettering "LIBERTY" surrounded with the denomination and the inscription "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA"
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN GOD WE TRUST LIBERTY S QUARTER DOLLAR
Reverse
Near the shore stands a large limestone latte, the supporting column of ancient indigenous Chamorro structures. A canoe of the indigenous Carolinians represents the people's seafaring skills across vast distances. Two white fairy tern birds fly in characteristic synchrony overhead. A Carolinian mwar (head lei) composed of plumeria, langilang (Ylang Ylang), angagha (peacock flower) and teibwo (Pacific Basil) borders the bottom of the design.
Latin
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS PH E PLURIBUS UNUM 2009
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