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Production Process: Uncirculated Coin Type: Circulating Denomination: Quarter Authorized Mintage Maximum: N/A Production Facility: Philadelphia; Denver Public Law Number: 105 Congressional Number: 124 Approval Date: 12/01/1997
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Tennessee State Quarter - 2002
Production Process: Uncirculated Coin Type: Circulating Denomination: Quarter Authorized Mintage Maximum: N/A Production Facility: Philadelphia; Denver 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 January 2, 2002, this is the 16th coin released in the 50 State® Quarter Program and the first released in 2002. Tennessee, admitted into the Union on June 1, 1796, highlighted the image of several musical instruments, the fiddle, the trumpet, and the guitar. The coin is inscribed: Tennessee; 1796; 2002; 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:
Donna Weaver
Reverse Designer 2:
N/A
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