Trucking Down The Highway One Quarter At A Time
2000-S SILVER MARYLAND
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Coin Details
Origin/Country: |
United States |
Design Description: |
QUARTER DOLLARS - STATES & TERRITORIES - PROOF |
Item Description: |
25C 2000 S SILVER MARYLAND |
Full Grade: |
NGC PF 70 UC |
Owner: |
Marc Wilson (TruckFire6) |
Owner Comments:
The Maryland Statehouse, a distinctive building dating back to 1772, it features the country's largest wooden dome built without nails. Besides housing Maryland's colonial legislature, it was also crucial to our national history. From 1783-1784, the Maryland Statehouse served as the nation's first peacetime capital. The Treaty of Paris was ratified here, officially ending the Revolutionary War. A treasure preserved, the Statehouse continues as the country's oldest state capital building still in legislative use.
Leaf clusters from the official state tree, the White Oak, and the nickname The Old Line State complete the selected design. Maryland is nicknamed the Old Line State in honor of its "troops of the line." These troops won praise from George Washington, who was Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.