The portrait in left profile of George Washington, the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797, is accompanied with the motto `IN GOD WE TRUST` and the lettering `LIBERTY` and it is surrounded with the face value and the inscription `UNITED STATES OF AMERICA`
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
IN
GOD WE
TRUST
LIBERTY S
JF WC
QUARTER DOLLAR
Reverse description
Along with the name of the state, `MISSISSIPPI` and `1817,` the year it entered statehood, the reverse illustration displays two large magnolia blossoms, with the motto `The Magnolia State,` the year of release `2002,` and the Latin phrase `E Pluribus Unum.`
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
MISSISSIPPI
1817
THE
MAGNOLIA
STATE
DW
2002
E PLURIBUS UNUM (Translation: Mississippi 1817 The Magnolia State DW 2002 Out of Many, One)
Edge
Reeded
Mint
D United States Mint of Denver,United States (1906-date) P United States Mint of Philadelphia, United States (1792-date) S United States Mint of San Francisco, United States (1854-date)
Mintage
2002 D - - 289 600 000 2002 P - - 290 000 000 2002 S - Proof - 3 084 185