Maryland
A state famous for the "Old Line" soldiers of the Revolutionary War. Its reverse features the domed roof of the state house.
Maryland is a state on the Atlantic coast of the eastern United States, and its nickname is “The Old Line State.” This nickname is said to have originated from honoring the Maryland troops who fought bravely in the American Revolutionary War. In the 50 State Quarters series, it was issued in 2000 as the seventh coin (No. 7).
On the coin’s reverse, the domed roof of the Maryland State House is drawn large. On either side of it are engraved branches of the white oak, the state tree, and below is written “The Old Line State.”
This domed building is the state house in Annapolis, Maryland’s capital. Still used today as the center of state politics, it is a symbol that local people have long taken pride in. Instead of a grand battle scene, the coin chose this quiet yet dependable “house of self-government” as the star of its reverse.
Maryland ratified the U.S. Constitution on April 28, 1788, becoming the seventh state. It is a state that took part in the flow of the early period, when the nation of America was taking shape one piece at a time.
Looking into the domed roof on the coin, we come to quietly ponder what a “roof of community”—under which people gather to decide their rules together and live—truly means.