Washington Quarters

There is a biil in congress to extend the program for 2010 to the United States Territories listed below; It has very little support.

1) District of Columbia
2) Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
3) Guam
4) American Samoa
5) United States Virgin Islands
6) Commomwealth of the Northern Mariana.

Here are all the US Territories:

American Samoa

Baker Island -- (uninhabited, administered from Washington, DC)

Federated States of Micronesia

Guam

Howland Island -- (uninhabited, administered from Washington, DC)

Jarvis Island -- (uninhabited, administered from Washington, DC)

Johnston Atoll -- (under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Air Force)

Kingman Reef -- (uninhabited, under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Navy)

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

Midway Islands -- (under the responsibility of the US Fish & Wildlife Service)

Navassa Island -- (uninhabited, administered from Washington, DC)

Palmyra Atoll -- (uninhabited, under the responsibility of the U.S. Dept. of Interior)

Puerto Rico

U.S. Virgin Islands

Wake Island -- (under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Air Force)

Ron (ronaldb112)

The bill to add the territories to the quarter program has passed in the house and was sent to the Senate where it so far has no sponcer.

Unlike the President coin program the State Quarter law did not mandate a return to the previous design but with the end of the program in sight, and no new proposals, my guess is that we will see a return to the old design at least temporarily.

I never knew that there were so many territories to the US. Pretty Cool

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i'd like to see a design similar to the new nickel design with washington facing forward.

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Agreed, wholeheartedly. "Return to Mt. Vernon" Quarter.

I didn't know we had so many territories. I can see the top 5 or so but the islands which are uninhabited is crazy

TSmith -- Amen!!

scoutjim99 -- I was a history teacher for 35 years, and I must admit that four of the names were places I had never heard of before!!