Issued Date: August 4, 2003

Description: The 2003 Missouri State Quarter, the 24th in the 50 State Quarters Program, features a "Corps of Discovery" theme honoring Lewis and Clark’s return to St. Louis via the Missouri River. Released August 4, 2003, the design depicts three explorers in a canoe with the Gateway Arch in the background and the inscription "Corps of Discovery 1804–2004".

Key details of the Missouri quarter:

Design: Three men in a keelboat navigating the Missouri River, with the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (Gateway Arch) rising behind them.

Theme: "Corps of Discovery," celebrating the Lewis and Clark expedition's return.

Inscriptions: "Missouri 1821," "Corps of Discovery 1804-2004," and "E Pluribus Unum".

Release Date: August 4, 2003.

Significance: It was the first circulating U.S. coin to depict the Lewis and Clark expedition.

Designer/Engraver: The design was sculpted by Alfred Molasi.