Quarter is a United States coin worth 25 cents, or a quarter of a dollar. The government issued the first quarters in 1796. The Washington quarter was first minted in 1932, the 200th anniversary of George Washington's birth. Washington's head appears on one side, and an eagle is on the other side. Quarters of several other designs were used before the Washington quarter. In 1975 and 1976, the government issued special bicentennial quarters. The coins featured a colonial drummer, instead of an eagle on one side. In 1999, the government began issuing quarters that replaced the eagle with one of 50 designs that each commemorates a U.S. state.