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Forsythe's Silver Statehood Proofs
2002-S SILVER MISSISSIPPI

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Coin Details

Set Details

Origin/Country:	United States
Design Description:	QUARTER DOLLARS - STATES & TERRITORIES - PROOF
Item Description:	25C 2002 S SILVER MISSISSIPPI
Grade:	NGC PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO
Owner:	Kenneth Forsythe

Winning Set:	Forsythe's Silver Statehood Proofs
Date Added:	3/20/2010
Research:	See NGC's Census Report for this Coin

Owner's Description

Caption: "The Magnolia State"
Release date: October 15, 2002
Entered Statehood: December 10, 1817
Mintage: 579,600,000
Reverse: Two magnolia blossoms (state flower).
Engraver: Donna Weaver
Interesting fact: In 1891, the Biedenharn Candy Company bottled the first Coca-Cola in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Root beer was invented in Biloxi in 1898 by Edward Adolf Barq, the namesake of Barq's Root Beer.