South Carolina Quarter
Issued in 2000
2000 50 State Quarters Coin South Carolina Uncirculated Reverse
2000 50 State Quarters Coin Uncirculated Obverse
Coin Description
Reverse
Atop an outline of the state, the South Carolina quarter shows a star over Columbia, the state's capital. The quarter also has the state tree (Palmetto), state flower (Yellow Jessamine), state bird (Carolina Wren), and state nickname ("The Palmetto State").
Obverse
Features the familiar image of George Washington.
The Story
The palmetto tree decorates the state’s flag and seal. Why is this tree so important to South Carolina? Because its wood helped defeat the British at the Battle of Sullivan’s Island. When the British fired cannonballs at Fort Moultrie, the fort’s spongy palmetto logs absorbed the shock of the cannonballs. The fort came out unharmed, and the colonists had their first major naval victory of the American Revolution!
South Carolina Facts
Nickname: The Palmetto State
Capital: Columbia
Statehood: May 23, 1788
2000 50 State Quarters Coin South Carolina Uncirculated Reverse
2000 50 State Quarters Coin Uncirculated Obverse