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Delaware State Quarters Delaware State Quarters were the first in a series of fifty design changes over a ten year period from 1999 to 2008. The Delaware Quarter was released into circulation on January 4, 1999. Its reverse depicts Caesar Rodney who was one of the three delegates from Delaware. Rodney rode horseback 80 miles through intense heat and torrential downpours in order to cast the deciding vote for Delaware's Independence.
The obverse of the coin is identical on all coins in this series. It features a portrait of George Washington with the inscriptions "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA", "QUARTER DOLLAR", "LIBERTY" and "IN GOD WE TRUST" arranged around the portrait. The reverse of the coin shows Caesar Rodney on a horse with the inscriptions "DELAWARE 1787", "THE FIRST STATE", "CAESAR RODNEY", and "E PLURIBUS UNUM" along with the date of 1999. State: Delaware Delaware Quarters to State Quarters
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