Michigan State Quarters
Michigan State Quarters are the 26th variety in a series of fifty design changes over a ten year period from 1999 to 2008. This Quarter was released into circulation on January 26, 2004. The reverse of this coin is very simple. It shows an outline of the state along with the Great Lakes.
The obverse of the coin is identical on all coins in this series. It features a portrait of George Washington with the inscriptions "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA", "QUARTER DOLLAR", "LIBERTY" and "IN GOD WE TRUST" arranged around the portrait.
The reverse of the coin bears the inscriptions "MICHIGAN 1837”, "GREAT LAKES STATE" and "E PLURIBUS UNUM" along with the date of 2004.
State: Michigan
Nickname: The Wolverine State
Ratified on: January 26, 1837
Motto: If You Seek a Pleasant Penninsula, Look About You
Capital: Lansing
Area: 56,809 square miles
Bird: American Robin
Flower: Apple Blossom
Tree: White Pine
Designer: Donna Weaver
Launch Date: January 26, 2004
Mintages:
Philadelphia - 233,800,000
Denver - 225,800,000
San Francisco (clad proof) - 2,761,163
San Francisco (silver proof) - 1,789,344
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