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25C 1999 S SILVER DELAWARE
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In 1999, the mint commenced its program to create a special quarter celebrating each of the 50 states. The quarters were issued 5 per year in order of the state’s entry into the union. Delaware, “The First State”, started the series and proof versions of this coin were issued in both clad and 90% silver. The Delaware silver proofs had a significantly lower mintage than the clad versions making them scarcer particularly in Proof 70 Ultra Cameo (PF 70 UC).
This coin is ranked in the “100 Greatest Modern Coins” book by Scott Schechter and Jeff Garrett. Edition rankings:
First Edition Rank: 9
Second Edition Rank: 14
Third Edition Rank: 14
Fourth Edition Rank: 15
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25C 1999 S SILVER PENNSYLVANIA
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The Pennsylvania State Quarter was released on March 8, 1999 as the second coin in the 50 State Quarter Program. The reverse features the statue “Commonwealth” that sits atop Pennsylvania’s state capitol dome in Harrisburg, an outline of the state, the State motto “Virtue, Liberty, Independence”, and a keystone honoring Pennsylvania’s nickname “The Keystone State.” The keystone imagery links back to Pennsylvania’s location as the middle or keystone state of the original 13.
Statehood Date: December 12, 1787
State Capitol: Harrisburg
State Nickname: The Keystone State
State Motto: Virtue, Liberty, Independence
State Song: Pennsylvania
State Bird: Ruffed grouse
State Tree: Eastern hemlock
State Flower: Mountain laurel
State Insect: Pennsylvania firefly
State Animal: White-tailed deer
State Fish: Brook trout
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25C 1999 S SILVER NEW JERSEY
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25C 1999 S SILVER GEORGIA
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25C 1999 S SILVER CONNECTICUT
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25C 2000 S SILVER MASSACHUSETTS
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25C 2000 S SILVER MARYLAND
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25C 2000 S SILVER SO.CAROLINA
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The South Carolina State Quarter was released on May 22, 2000 as the eighth coin in the State Quarter Program. South Carolina’s original Statehood date was May 23, 1788.
The reverse features an outline of the state, the state’s nickname, “The Palmetto State”, and images of the state bird (Carolina Wren), the state flower (Yellow Jessamine) and the state tree (Palmetto).
Statehood Date: May 23, 1788
State Capitol: Columbia
State Nickname: The Palmetto State
State Motto: Dum spiro spero (While I breath, I hope)
State Song: “Carolina” and “South Carolina On My Mind”
State Bird: Carolina Wren
State Tree: Palmetto
State Flower: Yellow Jessamine
State Insect: Carolina mantid
State Animal: White-tailed Deer
State Fish: Striped Bass
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25C 2000 S SILVER NEW HAMPSHIRE
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25C 2000 S SILVER VIRGINIA
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25C 2001 S SILVER NEW YORK
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25C 2001 S SILVER NO.CAROLINA
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25C 2001 S SILVER RHODE ISLAND
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The Rhode Island State Quarter was released on March 21, 2001 as the 13th coin in the State Quarter Program. Rhode Island’s original Statehood date was May 29, 1790. The reverse features a sailboat in Narragansett Bay with the Pell Bridge in the background.
The Pell Bridge picture was taken on October 20, 2019 while staying at Gurney’s Newport Resort & Marina located on Goat Island.
Statehood Date: May 29, 1790
State Capitol: Providence
State Nickname: The Ocean State
State Motto: Hope
State Bird: Rhode Island Red Hen
State Tree: Red Maple
State Flower: Common Blue Violet
State Insect: American Burying Beetle
State Animal: Harbor Seal
State Fish: Stripped Bass
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25C 2001 S SILVER VERMONT
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25C 2001 S SILVER KENTUCKY
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25C 2002 S SILVER TENNESSEE
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25C 2002 S SILVER OHIO
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25C 2002 S SILVER LOUISIANA
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The Louisiana State Quarter was released on May 20, 2002 as the 18th coin in the State Quarter Program. Louisiana’s original Statehood date was April 30, 1818.
The reverse features the Louisiana Purchase, a trumpet, symbolizing the birth of jazz in New Orleans, Louisiana, and the state bird, a brown pelican.
Statehood Date: April 30, 1818
State Capitol: Baton Rouge
State Nickname: Pelican State, Bayou State, Creole State
State Motto: Union, justice and confidence
State Song: You Are My Sunshine
State Bird: Brown Pelican
State Tree: Bald Cypress
State Flower: Magnolia
State Insect: Honey Bee
State Animal: American Black Bear
State Fish: White Perch
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25C 2002 S SILVER INDIANA
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25C 2002 S SILVER MISSISSIPPI
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The Mississippi State Quarter was released on October 15, 2002 as the twentieth coin in the 50 State Quarter Program. Mississippi’s original Statehood date was December 10, 1817. The reverse design features an image of a Magnolia (the State Flower) and the State motto “The Magnolia State”.
Statehood Date: December 10, 1818
State Capitol: Jackson
State Nickname: The Magnolia State
State Motto: Virtute et armis (By Valor and Arms)
State Song: Go, Mississippi
State Bird: Northern Mockingbird
State Tree: Magnolia Tree
State Flower: Magnolia
State Insect: Honey Bee
State Animal: White-tailed Deer
State Fish: Largemouth Base
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25C 2003 S SILVER ILLINOIS
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25C 2003 S SILVER ALABAMA
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The Alabama State Quarter was released on March 17, 2003 as the 22nd coin in the State Quarter Program. Alabama’s original Statehood date was December 14, 1819.
The reverse theme is “Spirit of Courage” and features Helen Keller. Born in Tuscumbia, Alabama, Helen Keller overcame the lost of her sight and hearing to become a world-renowned author, lecturer, political activist, and disability rights advocate. In addition to an image of Keller, the reverse displays her name in braille. A magnolia is portrayed on the right side of the reverse and a long leaf pine branch on the left.
I visited Helen Keller’s birthplace, known as Ivy Green, on October 21, 2022 and took a picture of the original plaque announcing the selection of the Helen Keller design to represent Alabama’s State Quarter.
Statehood Date: December 14, 1819
State Capitol: Montgomery
State Nicknames: Cotton State, Yellowhammer State, Heart of Dixie
State Motto: Audemus jura nostra defendere (we dare defend our rights)
State Bird: Northern Flicker (also known as the Yellowhammer)
State Tree: Longleaf Pine
State Flower: Camellia
State Insect: Monarch Butterfly
State Animal: American Black Bear (mammal), Alabama Red-bellied Turtle (reptile)
State Fish: Largemouth Bass
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25C 2003 S SILVER MAINE
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The Maine State Quarter was released on June 2, 2003 as the twenty-third coin in the State Quarter Program. Maine’s original Statehood date was March 15, 1820.
The reverse features the Pemaquid Point Lighthouse and a schooner at sea with a couple of seagulls drifting about the ship. An Eastern White Pine, the state tree, is also featured. Pemaquid Point Lighthouse marks the entrance to Muscongus Bay and Johns Bay and is one of Maine’s most popular attractions. The schooner is fashioned to represent “Victory Chimes” the last remaining Chesapeake Ram schooner and a national historic landmark residing at Rockland, Maine.
I took this picture of the Pemaquid Point Lighthouse on September 8, 2023
Statehood Date: March 15, 1820
State Capitol: Augusta
State Nickname: Lumber State, Vacationland, Pine Tree Land
State Motto: Dirigo (I Lead)
State Song: State of Maine Song
State Bird: Black-capped Chickadee
State Tree: Eastern White Pine
State Flower: White Pine Cone and Tassel
State Insect: Honeybee
State Animal: Moose
State Fish: Atlantic Salmon
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25C 2003 S SILVER MISSOURI
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The Missouri State Quarter was released on August 4, 2003, as the 24th coin in the State Quarter Program. Missouri’s original Statehood date was August 10, 1821.
The reverse theme is “Corps of Discovery” and it highlights Louis and Clark’s return to St. Louis with the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Arch in the background.
I visited the Memorial Arch on June 3, 2006 and took this picture looking up to the peak of the Arch.
Statehood Date: August 10, 1821
State Capitol: Jefferson City
State Nickname: The Show-Me State
State Motto: Salus Populi Suprema Lex Esto (The Welfare of the People Shall be the Supreme Law)
State Bird: Eastern Bluebird
State Tree: Flowering Dogwood
State Flower: White Hawthorn Blossom
State Insect: Western Honeybee
State Animals: Missouri Mule (mammal), Three-toed Box Turtle (reptile), American Bullfrog (amphibian)
State Fish: Channel Catfish
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25C 2003 S SILVER ARKANSAS
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The Arkansas State Quarter was released on October 20, 2003 as the twenty-fifth coin in the State Quarter Program. Arkansas’s original Statehood date was August 10, 1821.
The reverse features rice stalks (Arkansas is the leading producer of rice in the United States), a diamond, representing the Crater of Diamonds State Park, and a Mallard Duck flying over the many lakes of the state.
I visited the Crater of the Diamonds State Park on October 13, 2022 to try my hand at diamond mining but, alas, no diamonds were found.
Statehood Date: August 10, 1821
State Capitol: Little Rock
State Nickname: Razorback State
State Motto: Regnat Populus (The People Rule)
State Song: “Arkansas”
State Bird: Northern Mockingbird
State Tree: Pine
State Flower: Apple Blossom
State Insect: Honey Bee
State Animal: White-tailed Deer
State Fish: None
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25C 2004 S SILVER MICHIGAN
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25C 2004 S SILVER FLORIDA
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25C 2004 S SILVER TEXAS
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The Texas State Quarter was released on June 1, 2004 as the 28th coin in the State Quarter Program. Texas’s original Statehood date was December 29, 1845. The reverse features the outline of the State and a Lone Star Symbol. A lariat, representing the State’s cowboy and cattle roots, encircles the design features.
I took this picture of the Texas Capitol Building with the Lone Star Flag flying in the foreground on February 15, 2020
State Capitol: Austin, Texas
State Nickname: “The Lone Star State”
State Motto: Friendship
State Bird: Northern Mockingbird
State Tree: Pecan
State Flower: Bluebonnets
State Insect: Monarch Butterfly
State Fish: Guadalupe Bass
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25C 2004 S SILVER IOWA
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25C 2004 S SILVER WISCONSIN
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25C 2005 S SILVER CALIFORNIA
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The California State Quarter was released on January 31, 2005 as the 31st coin in the State Quarter Program. California’s original Statehood date was September 9, 1850.
The reverse features conservationist John Muir overlooking Half Dome, a granite rock face in Yosemite Valley, with a California condor soaring overhead.
Statehood Date: September 9, 1850
State Capitol: Sacramento
State Nickname: The Golden State
State Motto: Eureka
State Song: I Love You, California
State Bird: California Quail
State Tree: Coast Redwood and Sequoia
State Flower: California Poppy
State Insect: California Dogface Butterfly
State Animal: California Grizzly Bear
State Fish: Golden Trout
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25C 2005 S SILVER MINNESOTA
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The Minnesota State Quarter was released on April 4, 2005 as the 32nd coin in the State Quarter Program. Minnesota’s original Statehood date was May 11, 1858.
The reverse features an outline of the state with the motto “Land of 10,000 Lakes”. The lake theme is further emphasized with two people fishing on a Norway Pine lined lake with a Common Loon in the foreground.
Statehood Date: May 11, 1858
State Capitol: Saint Paul
State Nickname: Land of 10,000 Lakes
State Motto: L'Étoile du Nord (“Star of the North” in French)
State Song: Hail! Minnesota
State Bird: Common loon
State Tree: Norway pine
State Flower: Pink and White Lady’s Slipper
State Insect: Monarch Butterfly
State Animal: None
State Fish: Walley
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25C 2005 S SILVER OREGON
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25C 2005 S SILVER KANSAS
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25C 2005 S SILVER WEST VIRGINIA
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25C 2006 S SILVER NEVADA
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25C 2006 S SILVER NEBRASKA
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25C 2006 S SILVER COLORADO
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25C 2006 S SILVER NORTH DAKOTA
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25C 2006 S SILVER SOUTH DAKOTA
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The South Dakota State Quarter was released on November 6, 2006 as the fortieth coin in the State Quarter Program. South Dakota’s original Statehood date was November 2, 1889.
The reverse features Mount Rushmore (picturing the likenesses of Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln), the State Bird (Ring-necked pheasant), and two wheat ears.
Statehood Date: November 2, 1889
State Capitol: Pierre
State Nickname: The Rushmore State
State Motto: Under God, the people rule
State Song: Hail, South Dakota
State Bird: Ring-necked pheasant
State Tree: Black Hills Spruce
State Flower: American Pasque Flower
State Insect: Western Honey Bee
State Animal: Coyote
State Fish: Walleye
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25C 2007 S SILVER MONTANA
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25C 2007 S SILVER WASHINGTON
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25C 2007 S SILVER IDAHO
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The Idaho State Quarter was released on June 4, 2007 as the forty-third coin in the State Quarter Program. Idaho’s original Statehood date was July 3, 1890.
The reverse features an outline of the State, the State motto “Esto Perptua” (May it Be Forever), and a Peregrine Falcon, one of the State birds (the other is a Mountain Bluebird).
Statehood Date: July 3, 1890
State Capitol: Boise
State Nickname: Gem State
State Motto: Esto Perptua (May it Be Forever)
State Song: Here We Have Idaho
State Bird: Mountain Blue Bird and Peregrine Falcon
State Tree: Western White Pine
State Flower: Lewis Mock Orange
State Insect: Monarch Butterfly
State Animal: Appaloosa Horse
State Fish: Cutthroat Trout
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25C 2007 S SILVER WYOMING
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25C 2007 S SILVER UTAH
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25C 2008 S SILVER OKLAHOMA
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The Oklahoma State Quarter was released on January 28, 2008 as the forty-sixth coin in the State Quarter Program. Oklahoma’s original Statehood date was November 16, 1907.
The reverse features the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher State bird and the Indian Blanket State flower.
Statehood Date: November 16, 1907
State Capitol: Oklahoma City
State Nickname: Sooners
State Motto: Labor omnia vincit (Work conquers all)
State Bird: Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
State Tree: Redbud
State Flower: Indian Blanket
State Insect: European Honey Bee
State Animal: Buffalo
State Fish: White Bass
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25C 2008 S SILVER NEW MEXICO
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25C 2008 S SILVER ARIZONA
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The Arizona State Quarter was released on June 2, 2008 as the 48th coin in the State Quarter Program. Arizona’s original Statehood date was February 14, 1912.
The reverse features an image of the Grand Canyon with a Saguaro Cactus in the foreground. A banner reading the “Grand Canyon State” separates the two images as a means of communicating that the Saguaro Cactus is not found in the Grand Canyon.
I visited Saguaro National Park in Arizona on July 6, 2012, and took the attached picture.
Statehood Date: February 14, 1912
State Capitol: Phoenix
State Nickname: The Grand Canyon State
State Motto: Ditat Deus (God Enriches)
State Bird: Cactus Wren
State Tree: Blue Palo Verde
State Flower: Saguaro Bloom
State Insect: Two-Tailed Swallow Butterfly
State Animals: Ringtail (mammal), Ridge-Nosed Rattlesnake (reptile), Arizona Tree Frog (amphibian)
State Fish: Apache Trout
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25C 2008 S SILVER ALASKA
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25C 2008 S SILVER HAWAII
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