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Washington — The United States Mint announced today that quarter-dollar coins honoring Maine, the third coin in the 50 State Quarters® Program to be released in 2003, will go on sale beginning June 2, 2003, at noon (E.D.T.), and will be available for purchase during the entire 10-week release period. The Maine quarters are available in two-roll sets (40 coins per roll), including one Philadelphia and Denver Mint mark coin roll each, and in bags of 100 and 1,000 coins separately from both Mint facilities. The Maine quarters are also available as part of the United States Mint’s popular Subscription Program.

Maine became the 23rd state to be admitted into the Union, as part of the Missouri Compromise, on March 15, 1820. The Maine quarter design incorporates a rendition of the Pemaquid Point Light atop a granite coast and of a schooner at sea. Pemaquid Point Light is located in New Harbor, and marks the entrance to Muscongus Bay and Johns Bay. The light is still a beacon for ships and remains one of Maine’s most popular tourist attractions. The schooner resembles “Victory Chimes,” the last three-masted schooner of the Windjammer Fleet.

Each coin roll in the two-roll set is wrapped in a specially designed United States Mint paper coin wrap that prominently displays the 50 State Quarters Program logo, a “P” or “D” representing the roll’s mint of origin, “ME” designating the State of Maine, and “$10” representing its dollar value. Each bag is marked with the mint of origin and the dollar value of its contents ($25 or $250). Two-roll sets will sell for $32.00, bags of 100 coins for $35.50, and bags of 1,000 coins for $300. These two-roll sets and bags, featuring quarters used in regular transactions and struck on our main production floors at the Philadelphia and Denver Mint facilities, will be shipped directly from the United States Mint to customers. There is no order limit on these products.

Customers can purchase the Maine quarters in two-roll sets and bags online through the United States Mint’s secure website at www.usmint.gov, or by calling toll-free 1-800-USA-MINT (872-6468) 8:00 a.m. to midnight (E.D.T.), seven days a week. Hearing- and speech-impaired customers may order by calling 1-888-321-MINT (6468) 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (E.D.T.), Monday through Friday. As an added convenience, customers can participate in a subscription-ordering program in which specific products, such as uncirculated coin sets and bags, are charged and shipped to the customer automatically as each new state quarter is released. For more information about this ordering method, please visit www.usmint.gov. A shipping and handling fee of $3.95 per order will be added to all domestic orders.

Washington – The United States Mint today announced that the 1999 50 State Quartersâ Greetings from America Portfolios and State Card Sets will be available beginning May 21, 2003.

The 50 State Quarters Greetings from America Portfolio – available for $29.99 each – consists of five circulating commemorative quarter-dollar coins and five corresponding state stamps in a portfolio, with a matching slipcase that includes a Certificate of Authenticity signed by United States Mint Director Henrietta Holsman Fore and United States Postmaster General Jack Potter. The 1999 Portfolio includes the coins honoring Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia and Connecticut.

Baseball card-sized 1999 50 State Quarters Greetings from America State Card Sets are also available. The State Cards consist of one circulating quarter-dollar coin released in 1999 and the corresponding state stamp. They can be purchased in a set that includes all five from each year of the 50 State Quarters Program for $27.99.

The 2002 Portfolios and State Card Sets went on sale on January 13, 2003, on the United States Mint website — www.usmint.gov — at 1-800-USA-MINT, and on the United States Postal Service website at www.usps.com/shop, or 1-800-STAMP-24. The 2000, 2001 and 2003 products will all be released later this year. The products for the remainder of the program – 2004 through 2008 – will be released at the end of each year.

The 50 State Quarters Greetings from America Portfolios and State Card Sets also are available through the United States Mint’s Subscription Program, which ensures coin collectors will never miss a United States Mint product offering for selected products.

For more information about the United States Mint Subscription Program or the 50 State Quarters Greetings from America Series, please visit the United States Mint’s website at www.usmint.gov, or call 1-800-USA MINT.

Ten-Coin Set Includes All Five State Quarters for 2003

WASHINGTON - The United States Mint today announced that the 2003 United States Mint Proof Set® will be released May 19, 2003, at 12 noon (E.D.T.). The set, priced at $19.95, features proof versions of the Lincoln cent, the Jefferson 5-cent piece, the Roosevelt dime, the Kennedy half dollar and the Golden Dollar in one sealed presentation case. A separate presentation case contains proof versions of the quarter-dollar coins from each state honored this year under the United States Mint’s 50 State Quarters® Program – Illinois, Alabama, Maine, Missouri and Arkansas.

Proof coins are manufactured at the San Francisco Mint facility using specially prepared, highly polished dies. Bearing the “S” mint mark, each coin is struck at least twice to ensure the finest detail in a frosted cameo image on a bright, mirror-like background. The sealed cases containing the coins are inserted into specially-printed sleeves and are accompanied by an official United States Mint Certificate of Authenticity.

This year, the United States Mint is pleased to announce that a booklet entitled, “A Brief History of the United States Mint,” will be included with each order of three or more sets. The booklet offers a variety of information on United States Mint’s medals, commemoratives and recurring programs, and the 50 State Quarters Program.

There is no household order limit. Customers may order as many sets as they desire while supplies last. This product is also available through the United States Mint’s subscription program. For more information about this convenient ordering method, please visit www.usmint.gov. The 2003 United States Mint 50 State Quarters® Proof Set, featuring proof versions of the 2003 quarters issued under the 50 State Quarters Program, may be purchased separately for $13.95.

Customers can purchase the 2003 United States Mint Proof Set online through the United States Mint’s secure website at www.usmint.gov, or by calling toll-free 1-800-USA-MINT (872-6468) 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 midnight, Eastern Time, seven days a week. Hearing- and speech-impaired customers may order by calling 1-888-321-MINT (6468) 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, Monday through Friday. Also, orders may be mailed to United States Mint, P.O. Box 382601, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-8601. A shipping and handling fee of $3.95 per order will be added to all domestic orders.