2001 United States Mint Proof State Quarter Set
Get your hands on some of the rarest of all the state quarters with the 2001 United States Mint Proof State Quarter Set. It includes clad Proof quarters from New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Vermont and Kentucky that are in their original United States government packaging. 2001 United States Mint Proof State Quarter Set Includes: New York state quarter - features the Statue of Liberty superimposed over an outline of the state along with the inscription "Gateway to Freedom". Also incorporated into the state outline is a line tracing the Hudson River and the route of the Erie Canal.North Carolina state quarter - highlights the famous 1903 photograph of the "First Flight" that took place on December 17, 1903, at Kitty Hawk, North CarolinaRhode Island state quarter - features a vintage sailboat gliding through Rhode Island's famous Narragansett Bay, and an image of the Pell Bridge in the background, with the design showcasing Rhode Island's most popular sport, sailingVermont state quarter - honors the "Green Mountain State", the first state admitted to the Union after the original 13 colonies. It features Camel's Hump Mountain with an image of maple trees with sap buckets in the forefront.Kentucky state quarter - shows the stately mansion, Federal Hill, with an inscription that reads, "My Old Kentucky Home". A thoroughbred racehorse is positioned behind a fence in the foreground of the quarter.Product Features: 5 coins Proof coins - struck at least twice on highly polished coin blanks to bring out the mirrored background and high-relief images. Never made, issued or intended for circulation. San Francisco mint Original government packaging State Quarter Program - the wildly popular and innovative 10-year State Quarter program was started by the United States Mint in 1999 and releases a new state quarter approximately every 10 weeks. Quarters are released in the order states were admitted into the Union and every coin is unique, as is every state's design selection process. The program runs through the year 2008.