Forsythe's Silver Statehood Proofs
2003-S SILVER ALABAMA


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Set Details
Origin/Country: United States
Design Description: QUARTER DOLLARS - STATES & TERRITORIES - PROOF
Item Description: 25C 2003 S SILVER ALABAMA
Grade: NGC PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO
Owner: Kenneth Forsythe
 
Winning Set: Forsythe's Silver Statehood Proofs
Date Added: 4/8/2010
Research: See NGC's Census Report for this Coin

Owner's Description

Caption: "Helen Keller" in standard print and Braille
Release date: March 17, 2003
Entered Statehood: December 14, 1819
Mintage: 457,400,000
Reverse: Helen Keller, seated, Longleaf Pine branch (state tree), Magnolia blossoms
Banner with text: "Spirit of Courage"
Engraver: Norman E. Nemeth
Interesting fact: A 5-mile (8 km)-wide meteorite impact crater is located in Elmore County, just north of Montgomery. This is the Wetumpka crater, which is the site of "Alabama's greatest natural disaster". A 1,000-foot (300 m)-wide meteorite hit the area about 80 million years ago. The hills just east of downtown Wetumpka showcase the eroded remains of the impact crater that was blasted into the bedrock, with the area labeled the Wetumpka crater or astrobleme ("star-wound") because of the concentric rings of fractures and zones of shattered rock that can be found beneath the surface.

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