2002 Tennessee State Quarter

Characteristics

Obverse Description: Highlights a bust of President George Washington.

Reverse Description: Released on January 2, 2002, this is the 16th coin released in the 50 State Quarters 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. 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.

Obverse Inscriptions

• UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
• LIBERTY
• IN GOD WE TRUST
• QUARTER DOLLAR

Reverse Inscriptions

• TENNESSEE
• 1796
• 2002
• E PLURIBUS UNUM