Obverse : Head of Washington, facing left, LIBERTY at left, IN GOD WE TRUST at right, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA above and QUARTER DOLLAR below. Mint mark S behind neck.
Reverse : The wealth of the islands in its natural resources of land, air and sea. Near the shore stands a large limestone latte, the supporting column of ancient indigenous Chamorro structures. A canoe of the indigenous Carolinians. Two white fairy tern birds fly in characteristic synchrony overhead. A Carolinian mwar (head lei) composed of plumeria, langilang, angagha and teibwo borders the bottom of the design; NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS above, and PLURIBUS UNUM 2009 below.
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