1941 S USA Quarter Brilliant Uncirculated (MS-63) $

Although the United States Quarter was authorized in 1792, the first issue wasn't first minted in 1796. The first design featured a portrait of Liberty with flowing hair, known as the "Draped Bust" design. Elsewhere in the world a twenty cent piece was more common (and, indeed, the US did have a very short lived twenty cent piece), but, it was decided upon to do quarter dollars, as often a Spanish dollar would be broken up into eight wedge-shaped segments (hence pieces of eight), and would be called a "bit". A common nickname for the quarter was "two bits" - as in "two bits of eight".

Obverse: Portrait of George Washington facing left, motto "IN GOD WE TRUST" to the left.
Reverse: An eagle with wings spread, standing on a shaft of arrows with two olive sprays, face value below, country name and motto "E PLURIBUS UNUM" above. Mintmark can be found between the eagle and denomination.

Specifications:
Engraver: John Flanagan
Composition: 0.900 silver, 0.100 copper
Weight: 6.25 g
Diameter: 24.26 mm
Edge: Reeded
Die Axis: ↑ ↓
Mint: San Franciso, USA
Mintage: 16,080,000