Connecticut Quarter
Issued in 1999
1999 50 State Quarters Coin Connecticut Uncirculated Reverse
1999 50 State Quarters Coin Uncirculated Obverse
Coin Description
Reverse
Shows the famous Charter Oak tree that hid the charter won from Britain's King Charles II in 1662. This charter established Connecticut's boundaries and self-rule. In 1687, Captain Joseph Wadsworth saved the charter from the hands of the British, hiding it safely in this tree.
Obverse
Features the familiar image of George Washington.
The Story
Even after Connecticut became a state in 1788, it continued to use the 1662 British Charter as its constitution (the charter hidden safely in the Charter Oak tree). In fact, Connecticut used the charter for more than 300 years, until a new state constitution was adopted in 1965.
Connecticut Facts
Nickname: The Constitution State
Capital: Hartford
Statehood: January 9, 1788
1999 50 State Quarters Coin Connecticut Uncirculated Reverse
1999 50 State Quarters Coin Uncirculated Obverse