Released on January 3 2000 this coin is the sixth released in the 50 State Quarters Program and the first released in 2000. Massachusetts admitted into the Union on February 6 1788 themed the coin The Minuteman. It features the likeness of the celebrated Minuteman of the American Revolution against an outline of the state. Launched in 1999 the United States Mint s 50 State Quarters Program was a 10-year initiative that honored each of the nation s states in the order that they ratified the Constitution or were admitted into the Union. Each quarter was produced for about 10 weeks and will never be produced again. State designs are displayed on the reverse (tails) of the quarters while the obverse design displays the familiar image of George Washington. But to accommodate state designs on the reverse the words United States of America Quarter Dollar Liberty and In God We Trust all appear on the obverse. Massachusetts officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the most populous state in the England region of the United States. It borders on the Atlantic Ocean to the east the states of Connecticut and Rhode Island to the south Hampshire and Vermont to the north and York to the west.