Maine State Quarter

Year of issue: 2003

Released on June 2, 2003, this coin is the 23rd coin released in the 50 State Quarters Program, and the third released in 2003. Maine, admitted into the Union on March 15, 1820, themed the coin, Pemaquid Point Light. It highlights the incorporated rendition of the Pemaquid Point Light atop a granite coast and a schooner at sea.

The obverse (heads) design shows the familiar portrait of George Washington used on the quarter since 1932. But the inscriptions previously used on the reverse – "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA", "QUARTER DOLLAR", "LIBERTY", and "IN GOD WE TRUST" – all appear on the obverse in order to accommodate the state designs.