Forsythe's Silver Statehood Proofs
2003-S SILVER ILLINOIS


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Set Details
Origin/Country: United States
Design Description: QUARTER DOLLARS - STATES & TERRITORIES - PROOF
Item Description: 25C 2003 S SILVER ILLINOIS
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: "Land of Lincoln;" "21st state/century."
Release date: January 2, 2003
Entered Statehood: December 3, 1818
Mintage: 463,200,000
Reverse: Young Abraham Lincoln; farm scene; Chicago skyline; state outline; 21 stars, 11 on left edge and 10 on right
Engraver: Donna Weaver
Interesting fact: Three U.S. Presidents have been elected while they were living in Illinois — Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, and Barack Obama. However, the only US President actually born in Illinois was Ronald Reagan, who was born in Tampico, raised in Dixon, and attended college at Eureka. Lincoln is the only president buried in Illinois; he is interred at Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield.

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