Coin Highlights
- Year: 2009
- Mint Mark: S (San Francisco)
- Grade: Gem Proof
- Composition: 90% Silver, 10% Copper
- Weight: 6.25 grams
- Actual Silver Weight: 0.1808 troy oz
- Diameter: 24.3 mm
- Edge: Reeded
- Mintage: 996,548
Design
Obverse:
John Flanagan’s classic portrait of George Washington, updated by William Cousins, with the inscriptions “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,” “LIBERTY,” “IN GOD WE TRUST,” and “QUARTER DOLLAR.”
Reverse:
An outline of the U.S. Virgin Islands featuring the bananaquit, yellow elder blossoms, and a Tyre palm tree. The design symbolizes the territory’s tropical environment and unique cultural identity.
Collectibility
The 2009-S U.S. Virgin Islands Silver Proof Quarter was available only in U.S. Mint silver proof sets and was never released into circulation. Its limited mintage of just under one million pieces makes it scarcer than many earlier State Quarter silver proofs. Gem Proof examples are popular with collectors assembling complete silver proof quarter sets or the full State and Territorial Quarters series.
