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ETAT DE ILLINOIS
| Issuer | United States |
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| Year | 2003 |
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| Printer | AAC |
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| Obverse description | Central intaglio-style portrait vignette of Shadrack Bond, First Governor of Illinois, within an oval frame with laurel sprigs below. The Seal of the State of Illinois appears to the left, with ornate guilloche scrollwork borders and the year 1818 at each corner. A green Illinois state outline underprint and serial number appear to the right; foot text reads STATE OF ILLINOIS. |
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| Reverse description | Multicolour vignette of Illinois state symbols arranged across the note: a Cardinal in a circular frame at left, a Violet flower at centre-left, a White Oak tree at centre, a White-tailed Deer at centre-right, and the Illinois state quarter coin within a circular frame at right. Guilloche border frames the design with 1818 at each corner. |
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Illinois was the first U.S. state to ratify the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery, doing so on February 1, 1865 — the same day Lincoln submitted it to the states. That historical circumstance is almost certainly why Illinois was chosen as the inaugural subject when the 50 State Quarters program's commemorative note equivalents began circulating in novelty and educational markets. "ETAT DE ILLINOIS" places the legend in French, a nod to Illinois's pre-statehood identity as part of French colonial territory under the Pays des Illinois.