First president of Delaware state - Caesar Rodney.

More information

First president of Delaware state - Caesar Rodney.

So here we have the American quarter dollar. The year of issue of this coin is 1999, mint: Denver, USA. Total circulation – 401.424.000.

Caesar Rodney, born October 7 in 1728, Dover, Delaware USA — died June 26, in 1784, Dover. Delegate to the Continental Congress in 1774–76 and 1777–78, “president” of Delaware in 1778–82, and key signer of the Declaration of Independence.

Rodney had served as high sheriff of Kent county, Delaware in 1755, and as a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress in 1765. He served in the Delaware assembly from 1762 to 1769 and as an associate justice of the Delaware Supreme Court from 1769 to 1777. One of Delaware’s three delegates to the Continental Congress, Rodney had been away in Delaware when he got word of the impending vote on the resolution for independence. Hurrying back to Philadelphia on horseback, he arrived in time to break the tie in his delegation and cast Delaware’s deciding vote for independence.

In 1777 he was made commander of the Delaware militia with the rank of brigadier general. In 1783, after his term as “president,” he was elected to the legislature, but he died the next year.

Object data

Title

First president of Delaware state - Caesar Rodney.

Artist

John Flanagan, William Cousins.

Founder

Denver, USA.

Date

1999.

Culture

USA.

Medium

Nickel-brass.

Dimensions

5.67x24.3.

Classification

Coin.