NGC PF Complete Silver and Clad 2002
25C Clad Mississippi

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Coin Details

Origin/Country: United States
Design Description: QUARTER DOLLARS - STATES & TERRITORIES - PROOF
Item Description: 25C 2002 S CLAD MISSISSIPPI
Full Grade: NGC PF 70 UC
Owner: bishopjd

Set Details

Custom Sets: This coin is not in any custom sets.
Competitive Sets: NGC PF Clad and Silver Quarters 1999-2008   Score: 183
NGC PF Complete Silver and Clad 2002   Score: 183
Research: NGC Coin Explorer NGC Coin Price Guide
NGC US Coin Census for State & Territorial Quarters (1999-2009)

Owner Comments:

Quarter number 20 comes from the magnolia state, Mississippi. Pierre Magnol is the plant scientist who named the magnolia. It's popular throughout the South even though it originally came from Asia.

In 1900, Mississippi school children were asked to choose a state flower. The magnolia flower won easily, but the state's legislature didn't make it the official state flower until 1952. In 1935, school children voted again, this time for a state tree. The magnolia tree won, and it became official only three years later, in 1938.

Governor Ronnie Musgrove sent three design ideas to the Mint for its artists to work on. From the three final designs that the Mint sent back to him, he chose "The Magnolia State" as the final quarter design.

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