Statehood Quarter

redesigned quarter obverse

During the program, a new statehood quarter was released by the United States Mint roughly every ten weeks; five designs are released each year. Each quarter's reverse celebrates one of the 50 states with a design honoring its unique history, traditions, and symbols, usually designed by a resident of that state and chosen by the state government. The quarters are released in the same order that the states joined the union. The obverse of each quarter is the same, but is a redesign over the previous design of the quarter.

The statehood quarters program become one of the most popular commemorative coin programs in United States history; the United States Mint has estimated that over one hundred millions individuals have collected state quarters, either formally or informally.

Although the statehood program is, by legislation, intended to include only the 50 states, legislation has twice been introduced in Congress to extend the program an additional year to include the District of Columbia and the U.S. territories of Puerto Rico, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands and American Samoa. As of January 2004, this legisation has not yet reached a floor vote.

State	Release Date (Statehood Date)	Mintage Numbers	Design
Delaware	January 1, 1999 (December 7, 1787)	774,824,000		Caesar Rodney on horseback; captions: "The First State;" "Caesar Rodney."
Pennsylvania	March 8, 1999 (December 12, 1787)	707,332,000		"Commonwealth" statue; state outline; keystone; captions: "Virtue, Liberty, Independence."
New Jersey	May 17, 1999 (December 18, 1787)	662,228,000		"Washington Crossing the Delaware;" caption: "Crossroads of the Revolution."
Georgia	July 19, 1999 (January 2, 1788)	939,932,000		peach; Live oak sprigs; state outline; banner with text: "Wisdom, Justice, Moderation."
Connecticut	October 12, 1999 (January 9, 1788)	1,346,624,000		Charter Oak; caption: "The Charter Oak."
Massachusetts	January 3, 2000 (February 6, 1788)	1,163,784,000		"The Minuteman" statue; state outline; caption: "The Bay State."
Maryland	March 13, 2000 (April 28, 1788)	1,234,732,000		Maryland Statehouse dome; White oak clusters; caption: "The Old Line State."
South Carolina	May 22, 2000 (May 23, 1788)	1,308,784,000		Palmetto tree, Carolina Wren; yellow jessamine; state outline; caption: "The Palmetto State."
New Hampshire	August 7, 2000 (June 21, 1788)	1,169,016,000		"The Old Man of the Mountain;" nine stars; captions: "Old Man of the Mountain," "Live Free or Die."
Virginia	October 16, 2000 (June 25, 1788)	1,594,616,000		Ships Susan Constant, Godspeed, Discovery; captions: "Jamestown, 1607-2007;" "Quadricentennial"
New York	January 2, 2001 (July 26, 1788)	1,275,040,000		: Statue of Liberty; eleven stars; state outline with line tracing Hudson River and Erie Canal; caption: "Gateway to Freedom"
North Carolina	March 12, 2001 (November 21, 1789)	1,055,476,000		Wright flyer; Wilbur and Orville Wright; caption: "First Flight."
Rhode Island	May 21, 2001 (May 29, 1790)	870,100,000		vintage sailboat in Narragansett Bay; Pell Bridge; caption: "The Ocean State."
Vermont	August 6, 2001 (March 4, 1791)	882,804,000		maple trees with sap buckets; Camel's Hump Mountain; caption: "Freedom and Unity."
Kentucky	October 15, 2001 (June 1, 1792)	723,564,000		thoroughbred racehorse behind fence; Federal Hill mansion; caption: "My Old Kentucky Home."
Tennessee	January 2, 2002 (June 1, 1796)	648,068,000		fiddle; trumpet; guitar; musical score; three stars; banner with text: "Musical Heritage."
Ohio	March 18, 2002 (March 1, 1803)	632,032,000		early aircraft; EVA suit; state outline; caption: "Birthplace of Aviation Pioneers."
Louisiana	May 30, 2002 (April 30, 1812)	764,204,000		pelican; trumpet with musical notes; outline of Louisiana Purchase on map of U.S.; caption: "Louisiana Purchase."
Indiana	August 2, 2002 (December 11, 1816)	689,800,000		racecar; state outline; 19 stars; caption: "Crossroads of America."
Mississippi	October 15, 2002 (December 10, 1817)	579,600,000		two Mmagnolia blossoms; caption: "The Magnolia State."
Illinois	January 2, 2003 (December 3, 1818)	463,200,000		young Abraham Lincoln; farm scene; Chicago skyline; state outline; captions: "Land of Lincoln;" "21st state/century."
Alabama	March 17, 2003 (December 14, 1819)	457,400,000		Hellen Keller, seated; Longleaf pine branch; Magnolia blossoms; banner with text: "Spirit of Courage;" caption: "Helen Keller" in standard print and Braille.
Maine	June 2, 2003 (March 15, 1820)	448,800,000		Pequamid Point Light; schooner at sea.
Missouri	August 4, 2003 (August 10, 1821)	453,200,000		Gateway Arch; Lewis and Clark returning down Missouri River; caption: "Corps of Discovery 1804-2004."
Arkansas	October 20, 2003 (June 15, 1836)	457,800,000		diamond; rice stalks; Mallard flying above a lake
Michigan	January 26, 2004 (January 26, 1837)			state outline; outline of Great Lakes system; caption: "Great Lakes State."
Florida	2004 (March 3, 1845)
Texas	2004 (December 29, 1845)
Iowa	2004 (December 28, 1846)
Wisconsin	2004 (May 29, 1848)
California	2005 (September 9, 1850)
Minnesota	2005 (May 11, 1858)
Oregon	2005 (February 14, 1859)
Kansas	2005 (January 29, 1861)
West Virginia	2005 (June 20, 1863)
Nevada	2006 (October 31, 1864)
Nebraska	2006 (March 1, 1867)
Colorado	2006 (August 1, 1876)
North Dakota	2006 (November 2, 1889)
South Dakota	2006 (November 2, 1889)
Montana	2007 (November 8, 1889)
Washington	2007 (November 11, 1889)
Idaho	2007 (July 3, 1890)
Wyoming	2007 (July 10, 1890)
Utah	2007 (January 4, 1896)
Oklahoma	2008 (November 16, 1907)
New Mexico	2008 (January 6, 1912)
Arizona	2008 (February 14, 1912)
Alaska	2008 (January 3, 1959)
Hawaii	2008 (August 21, 1959)

Images of state quarters courtesy of the United States Mint.

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