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Production Process: Proof Coin Type: Circulating Denomination: Quarter Authorized Mintage Maximum: N/A Production Facility: San Francisco Public Law Number: 105 Congressional Number: 124 Approval Date: 12/01/1997
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Alabama State Quarter - 2003
Production Process: Proof Coin Type: Circulating Denomination: Quarter Authorized Mintage Maximum: N/A Production Facility: San Francisco Public Law Number: 105 Congressional Number: 124 Approval Date: 12/01/1997
Obverse Description:
Obverse Designer 2:
Highlights a bust of President George Washington. The inscriptions on this coin says, United States of America, Liberty, In GOD We Trust, and Quarter Dollar.
Obverse Designer:
John Flanagan
Obverse Designer 2:
William Cousins - Modified John Flanagan original design
Reverse Description:
Reverse Designer 2:
Released on March 17, 2003, this is the 22nd coin released in 50 State® Quarter Program and the second coin released in 2003. Alabama, who was admitted into the Union on December 14, 1819, themed the coin, Spirit of Courage. It highlights an image of Helen Keller with her name in English and in a reduced-size version of Braille, an Alabama long leaf pine branch wtih magnolias gracing the sides of the design, and the Spirit of Courage banner underlining the image. The coin is inscribed: Alabama; 1819; Braille; Helen Keller; Spirit of Courage; 2003; and E Pluribus Unum. President William J. Clinton was in office when this legislation was signed. Three United States Mint Directors served under President Clinton's tenure; David J. Ryder of Idaho, Philip N. Diehl of Texas, and Jay W. Johnson of Wisconsin.
Reverse Designer:
Norman E. Nemeth
Reverse Designer 2:
N/A
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