The U.S. Mint has released its 24th coin in its popular 50 state quarters program. The new quarter is for Missouri, the �Show Me State.� It�s the first circulating coin to honor Lewis and Clark�s historic expedition that began nearly 200 years ago from St. Charles, Missouri. The launch celebration also marks the first time in the program that the official ceremony has coincided with a state�s birthday. Missouri became the 24th state on August 10, 1821. U.S. Mint Director Henrietta Holsman Fore:
�We hope parents and teachers will go to our web site and download our free lesson plans for kindergarten through sixth grade on the Missouri Quarter, it�s at usmint-dot-gov.�
Launched in 1999, the United States Mint�s 50 state quarters program is a 10-year initiative that honors each of the nation�s states in the order they joined the union or ratified the constitution. Each quarter is produced for approximately 10 weeks and will never be produced again. Surveys show that over a hundred-thirty million Americans are collecting the quarters.
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