American Islands Quarters

描述: The U.S. currently has six territories islands in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. Five territories (American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands) are permanently inhabited, unincorporated territories; the sixth, the Archipelago of Hawaii was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from 1900 until 1959, when was admitted to the Union as the fiftieth U.S. state, the State of Hawaii. The 50 States Quarters series (1999-2009) commemorates each of the islands with a design emblematic of its unique history, traditions, and/or symbols and America the Beautiful Quarters series (2010-2021) with a design depicting National Parks or National Sites on the islands.