2003 P Quarter Dollar - Missouri 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: 225,000,000
Mint: Philadelphia
Grade: MS/UNC  
Weight: 5.67 g
Diameter: 24.26 mm
Thickness: 1.75 mm
Shape: Round
Orientation: Coin alignment ↑↓
References: KM# 346, Schön# 346

Commemorative issue:
Missouri 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 P
JF WC
QUARTER DOLLAR

Engravers: John Flanagan , William Cousins.

Reverse:
Lewis and Clark's historic return to St. Louis down the Missouri River, with the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Gateway Arch in the background.

Lettering:
MISSOURI
1821
CORPS OF DISCOVERY
1804 2004
AM
2003
E PLURIBUS UNUM

Translation:
Missouri
1821
Corps of Discovery
1804 2004
AM
2003
Out of Many, One

Engraver: Alfred Maletsky

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)

Comment: 
The Lewis and Clark Expedition from August 31, 1803, to September 25, 1806, also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition, was the United States expedition to cross the newly acquired western portion of the country after the Louisiana Purchase. The Corps of Discovery was a select group of U.S. Army and civilian volunteers under the command of Captain Meriwether Lewis and his close friend Second Lieutenant William Clark. The expedition made its way westward, and crossed the Continental Divide of the Americas before reaching the Pacific Coast.

President Thomas Jefferson commissioned the expedition shortly after the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 to explore and to map the newly acquired territory, to find a practical route across the western half of the continent, and to establish an American presence in this territory before Britain and other European powers tried to claim it. The campaign's secondary objectives were scientific and economic: to study the area's plants, animal life, and geography, and to establish trade with local American Indian tribes. The expedition returned to St. Louis to report its findings to Jefferson, with maps, sketches, and journals in hand.

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_and_Clark_Expedition

Riferimento : KM# 346, Schön# 346

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

Collezione : United States Mint's 50 State Quarters