The Missouri Commemorative Quarter Design Committee, composed of a team of experts, selected twelve finalists. During the month of March, the state received more than 3,000 concept submissions. In February 2001, Governor Bob Holden announced the selection of the Missouri Commemorative Quarter Design Committee and requested statewide design submissions. Joseph, was the first woman to serve as Director of the Mint, from 1933 to 1953.” “We have a special affinity for Missouri at the Mint, since Nellie Tayloe Ross, born near St.
“The Missouri quarter depicts the rich history and the spirit of adventure at the heart of this great state and our Nation,” said United States Mint Director Henrietta Holsman Fore. Missouri became the 24th state to be admitted into the Union on August 10, 1821, as part of the Missouri Compromise. The Show Me state’s launch celebration marks the first time in the 50 State Quarters Program that the official ceremony has coincided with a state’s birthday - its day of statehood. The Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (the Gateway Arch) is illustrated in the background, with the inscription “Corps of Discovery 1804–2004.” The new quarter is the first circulating coin to depict Lewis and Clark’s historic expedition nearly 200 years ago, depicting the explorers’ return to Saint Louis down the Missouri River. Robert Archibald, President of the National Council of the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial and co–Chairman of the Missouri Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Commission, acted as Master of Ceremonies. The United States Mint’s mascot, Peter the Mint Eagle, was on hand as children in the crowd received shiny new Missouri quarter–dollars.ĭr. SEDALIA, MISSOURI - As the Lewis and Clark Fife and Drum Corp played, United States Mint Director Henrietta Holsman Fore, Missouri Governor Bob Holden and First Lady Lori Hauser Holden officially launched the new Missouri state quarter at the State Fair in Sedalia today.
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