Rhode Island State Quarter

Year of issue: 2001

Released on May 21, 2001, this is the 13th coin released in the 50 State Quarters Program and the third released in 2001. Rhode Island, admitted into the Union on May 29, 1790, themed the coin, Ocean State. The coin features an image of a vintage sailboat gliding through Rhode Island's famous Narragansett Bay and an image of the Pell Bridge in the background.

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.