Commemorative State Quarter
for Missouri

Coin Issued: August 4, 2003 - the 4th coin released in 2003

Statehood: August 10, 1821 - the 24th State

Inscriptions: "Missouri 1821", "Corps of Discovery 1804-2004"

Description: The coin features Lewis and Clark returning down the Missouri River to Saint Louis. Behind Lewis and Clark is the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (The Gateway Arch). Above the Arch is inscribed "Corps of Discovery 1804-2004".

At the bottom of the coin is the issue date (2004) and the motto "E Pluribus Unum". The motto is Latin for "Out of Many, One", recognizing that out of the many colonies (or states) emerged a single nation.

Engravers: The Reverse design (the State-side of the Quarter) was created by Alfred Maletsky (search an actual coin for the engraver's initials: 'am').

The original Observe design (the front or Washington-side of the Quarter) was created by John Flanagan and first appeared in 1932. For the 50 State Quarters series, Flanagan's design was modified by William Cousins: the portrait of Washington was slightly reduced to accomodate the moving of the legends from the Reverse to the Obverse.

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America-the-Beautiful Quarter Series:

The quarter for the Ozark National Scenic Riverways (located in south central Missouri) will be issued in 2017. It will be the third coin issued in 2017 and the 38th coin (of 56) in the America-the-Beautiful Quarter series.

The following quarters will be issued in 2017: Effigy Mounds National Monument (Iowa), Frederick Douglass National Historic Site (District of Columbia), Ozark National Scenic Riverways (Missouri), Ellis Island National Monument and the Statue of Liberty (New Jersey & New York) & George Rogers Clark National Historical Park (Indiana).