It's not from 1817 and it's not from Mississippi.
If you look more closely at your quarter (you did wonder how a nearly 200 year old quarter could look so shiny, right?) you'll see it has 2 dates. It's a modern state quarter. 1817 is the date Mississippi was admitted to the union. The other date is the year it was minted.
1817 is the year Mississippi became a state. The Mississippi state quarter was minted in 2002, and is worth 25 cents.
No US quarters were minted in 1817.
The Washington Quarter was first minted in 1932.
Quarters were not minted until 1932.
The original Mississippi Territory created by the US Congress in 1798. In 1817, Congress divided the Mississippi Territory into the state of Mississippi and the Alabama Territory. On Dec. 10, 1817, Mississippi joined the Union and became the 20th state.
Mississippi was declared a state in the Union on December 10, 1817. It was the 2oth state admitted to the United States.
The population of Mississippi increased from 7,000 in 1798 to 62,213 in 1817. The population of Mississippi as of 2013 is 2.991 million.
Mississippi became the 20th state admitted to the Union on December 10, 1817.
December 10, 1817
On December 10th, 1817, Mississippi entered the Union.Mississippi became the 20th state admitted to the Union on December 10, 1817.
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