Quarter dollar
Quarter-unit of currencies named "dollar"
The term "quarter dollar" refers to a quarter-unit of several currencies that are named "dollar". One dollar ($1) is normally divided into subsidiary currency of 100 cents, so a quarter dollar is equal to 25 cents. These quarter dollars (aka quarters) are denominated as either coins or as banknotes. Although more than a dozen countries have their own unique dollar currency, not all of them use quarters. This article only includes quarters that were intended for circulation, those that add up to units of dollars, and those in the form of a coin.
Currently minted
Circulating Quarter dollars by country | |||||||||
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Country(s) / City | Unit of currency | Technical parameters[a] | Description | Date of first minting[b] | |||||
Diameter | Thickness | Weight | Composition | Edge | Obverse | Reverse | |||
Anguilla | XCD | 24.0 mm | N/A | 6.5 g | 75% copper 25% nickel | Ribbed | British monarch | Value, year of minting, "East Caribbean States", sailing ship | 2002 |
Antigua and Barbuda | XCD | 24.0 mm | N/A | 6.5 g | 75% copper 25% nickel | Ribbed | British monarch | Value, year of minting, "East Caribbean States", sailing ship | 2002 |
Barbados | BBD | 23.7 mm | 1.8 mm | 5.1 g | Nickel-plated steel | Reeded | Coat of arms of Barbados | Morgan Lewis windmill | 2007 |
Belize | BZD | N/A | N/A | N/A | 75% copper 25% nickel | N/A | British monarch | Ornamental - Country/Value/Date | 1981 |
Bermuda | BMD | 25.0 mm | N/A | 5.9 g | 75% copper 25% nickel | Milled | British monarch | Coat of arms | 1970 |
Canada | CAD | 23.9 mm | 1.6 mm | 4.4 g | 94% steel, 3.8% copper, 2.2% nickel plating | Milled | British monarch | Caribou | 2000 |
Cayman Islands | KYD | 24.3 mm | 1.6 mm | 5.1 g | Nickel-plated steel | Smooth | British monarch | Schooner "Kirk B" | 1999 |
Dominica | XCD | 24.0 mm | N/A | 6.5 g | 75% copper 25% nickel | Ribbed | British monarch | Value, year of minting, "East Caribbean States", sailing ship | 2002 |
Grenada | XCD | 24.0 mm | N/A | 6.5 g | 75% copper 25% nickel | Ribbed | British monarch | Value, year of minting, "East Caribbean States", sailing ship | 2002 |
Liberia | LRD | 23.0 mm | 1.8 mm | 4.5 g | Nickel Clad Steel | Reeded | Head with headress and country name | Value/Date within wreath | 2000 |
Montserrat | XCD | 24.0 mm | N/A | 6.5 g | 75% copper 25% nickel | Ribbed | British monarch | Value, year of minting, "East Caribbean States", sailing ship | 2002 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | XCD | 24.0 mm | N/A | 6.5 g | 75% copper 25% nickel | Ribbed | British monarch | Value, year of minting, "East Caribbean States", sailing ship | 2002 |
Saint Lucia | XCD | 24.0 mm | N/A | 6.5 g | 75% copper 25% nickel | Ribbed | British monarch | Value, year of minting, "East Caribbean States", sailing ship | 2002 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | XCD | 24.0 mm | N/A | 6.5 g | 75% copper 25% nickel | Ribbed | British monarch | Value, year of minting, "East Caribbean States", sailing ship | 2002 |
The Bahamas | BSD | 24.3 mm | 1.7 mm | 5.0 g | Nickel-plated steel | Reeded | Coat of Arms | Bahamian sloop | 2007 |
Trinidad and Tobago | TTD | N/A | N/A | N/A | 75% copper 25% nickel | N/A | Coat of Arms | Value | 1976 |
United States and others | USD | 24.3 mm | N/A | 5.7 g | 75% copper 25% nickel | Reeded | George Washington | Eagle | 2022 |
Zimbabwe | N/A | 23.0 mm | N/A | 4.8 g | Nickel-plated steel | N/A | RBZ in various positions with coin date | Enclosed in circle with "25" surrounded by "TWENTY-FIVE CENTS BOND COIN" | 2014 |
See also
- Surinamese dollar
- Twenty-five cent coin (Netherlands)
Notes
References
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Currencies named dollar or similar
- Australian dollar
- Bahamian dollar
- Barbadian dollar
- Belize dollar
- Bermudian dollar
- Brunei dollar
- Canadian dollar
- Cayman Islands dollar
- Cook Islands dollar
- Eastern Caribbean dollar
- Fijian dollar
- Guyanese dollar
- Hong Kong dollar
- Jamaican dollar
- Kiribati dollar
- Liberian dollar
- Namibian dollar
- New Zealand dollar
- Samoan tālā
- Singapore dollar
- Solomon Islands dollar
- Surinamese dollar
- New Taiwan dollar
- Trinidad and Tobago dollar
- Tuvaluan dollar
- United States dollar
but renamed
- Antigua dollar
- British Columbia dollar
- British North Borneo dollar
- British West Indies dollar
- Ceylonese rixdollar
- Confederate States dollar
- Continental dollar
- Danish rigsdaler
- Danish West Indian daler
- Danish West Indian rigsdaler
- Dominican dollar
- Dutch rijksdaalder
- Greenlandic rigsdaler
- Grenadian dollar
- Hawaiian dollar
- Japanese occupation dollar
- Kiautschou dollar
- Malaya and British Borneo dollar
- Malayan dollar
- Mauritian dollar
- Mongolian dollar
- Nevisian dollar
- New Brunswick dollar
- Newfoundland dollar
- Norwegian rigsdaler
- Norwegian speciedaler
- Nova Scotian dollar
- Penang dollar
- Prince Edward Island dollar
- Puerto Rican dollar
- Rhodesian dollar
- Saint Kitts dollar
- Saint Lucia dollar
- Saint Vincent dollar
- Sarawak dollar
- Sierra Leonean dollar
- Slovenian tolar
- Spanish dollar
- Straits dollar
- Sumatran dollar
- Swedish riksdaler
- Old Taiwan dollar
- Texas dollar
- Trinidadian dollar
- Tobagonian dollar
- Zimbabwean dollar
- Zimbabwean dollar (2019–2024)
- Eurodollar
- Petrodollar
- International dollar (Geary–Khamis dollar)