The United States Mint’s 50 State quarters program, which ran from 1999 through 2008, was perhaps the most popular commemorative coin series the nation has ever fielded.
As I look back at the 50 different reverse designs that grace the U.S. 50 state quarters — which honored each state in the order that they entered the Union — I think of all the different artistic topic matter the coins cover.
That’s just one reason why I think a 50 state quarter set is so beautiful.
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