...2003 is the mid-year of the program, started in 1999. By the end of 2003, with the Arkansas state quarter, 25 of the 50 states will have had their own quarters minted.

Note of course that for the southern states, only the dates of original admission to the union are being used, not dates of post-civil war readmission.

The last year of the program is 2008, provided that no NEW states are added to the union in those remaining 5 years (which is highly unlikely).

#1483.