2003 D Quarter Dollar - Illinois State

Country: United States
Type: Circulating commemorative coin
Year: 2003
Value: Quarter Dollar = 25 Cents (0.25 USD)
Currency: Dollar (1785-date)
Composition: Copper-nickel clad copper
Mintage: 237,400,000
Mint: Denver
Grade: MS/UNC  
Weight: 5.67 g
Diameter: 24.26 mm
Thickness: 1.75 mm
Shape: Round
Orientation: Coin alignment ↑↓
References: KM# 343, Schön# 343

Commemorative issue:
Illinois State
United States Mint's 50 State Quarters® Program.

Obverse:
The portrait in left profile of George Washington, the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797, is accompanied with the motto "IN GOD WE TRUST" and the lettering "LIBERTY" and it is surrounded with the face value and the inscription "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA".

Lettering:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
IN GOD WE TRUST
LIBERTY D
JF WC
QUARTER DOLLAR

Engravers: John Flanagan , William Cousins.

Reverse:
Young Abraham Lincoln within an outline of the state, a farm scene, and the Chicago skyline on the left and the right of the state's outline. There are twenty-one stars bordering the coin which signify Illinois as the 21st state admitted into the Union.

Lettering:
ILLINOIS
1818
Land
of
Lincoln
21st
State
Century
DW
2003
E PLURIBUS UNUM

Translation:
Illinois
1818
Land
of
Lincoln
21st
State
Century
DW
2003
Out of Many, One

Engraver: Donna Weaver.

Edge:
Reeded.

Mints:
P    United States Mint, Philadelphia, United States (1792-date)
D    United States Mint, Denver, United States (1906-date)
S    United States Mint, San Francisco, United States (1854-date)

Riferimento : KM# 343, Schön# 343

Fonte : https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces6...

Collezione : United States Mint's 50 State Quarters