1999 (P) Georgia State Quarter - SKH-25c-1999P-09(GA) Spiked Head

Description

On the 1999 Philadelphia Mint Georgia State Quarter, this variety extends the spiked head catalog of the five inaugural State Quarter designs. Georgia was the fourth state to be honored in the 50 State Quarters program in 1999, and its distinctive reverse featured a peach, the state outline, and live oak branches; the spike is on the obverse, a die crack running from the rim into Washington's bust. The obverse die bore John Flanagan's Washington portrait (modified by William Cousins in 1999), which remained common across all State Quarter reverses. SKH-25c-1999P-09(GA) was cataloged on December 9, 2021, by Cuds on Coins. State Quarter spiked heads represent an interesting die variety niche because the program's ten-year run produced obverse dies for many different reverse designs, letting collectors build a spiked head set across the states. The Georgia Quarter was widely collected during the program's initial year, when public enthusiasm was at its peak.

Cross References

• Cross reference: none. 12/09/2021.

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