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Caption: "The Bay State"
Coin Issued: January 3, 2000 - the 1st coin in 2000
Description: The coin features the Concord Minuteman Statue,
with the Massachusetts outline in the background.
The Minuteman Statue shows a farmer wearing a hat and holding a musket. Behind the farmer is a plow.
The Minuteman Statue that is pictured on the Commemorative Quarter is located in
Concord (at the North Bridge).
The Statue was sculpted by Daniel Chester French and was completed in 1874.
Statehood: February 6, 1788
Order of Statehood: 6th State
Engraver: Thomas D. Rodgers
Number of Coins Minted:
| Denver: | 535,184,000 |
| Philadelphia: | 628,600,000 |
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| Total: | 1,163,784,000 |
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