Quarter Dollar 2009 USA Guam mint mark P
The territory of Guam - Island in the western Pacific Ocean. It is located on the Mariana Islands archipelago. Guam has the official status of "organized unincorporated territory of the United States." The island has the right to local self-government, it's inhabitants are U.S. citizens. Natives of the island - the Chamorro people - inhabited island about 3,500 years ago. The Spanish colonization was accompanied by Christianization Chamorro, began with the 1668, but Chamorro retained their language and some customs.
During World War II, Guam was captured by Imperial Japan, but soon was relieved the U.S. Marines. Guam - the largest strategic U.S. military base in the Pacific Ocean. U.S. troops are concentrated mainly at the airbase Andersen and Naval Base Apra Harbor.
The coin image the island, a sailboat "Proa" and the sacred pillar "latte" - face of the Mariana Islands.
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