Vermont

Vermont is a state located in the northeastern United States, and its very name comes from the meaning “green mountain.” That is why its nickname is likewise “The Green Mountain State.” With many forests and mountains, it is well known as a place of beautiful nature in all four seasons. In the 50 State Quarters series, it was issued as the fourteenth coin.

On the coin’s reverse are drawn maple trees standing with sap buckets hung on them. Behind them, Camel’s Hump mountain spreads out as the backdrop. Maple syrup, made by boiling down the sap gathered from the trees, is an old specialty of this region, so this picture shows Vermont’s nature and way of life at a glance.

The phrase written below is “Freedom and Unity,” a motto Vermont has long held. Within the coin depicting nature, the values this state cherishes are held together as well.

Vermont joined the Union on March 4, 1791, becoming, in order, the fourteenth state. It is also meaningful in that it was the first new state to join after the original thirteen.

Looking at the maple trees and sap buckets on the coin, we recall the plain, honest lives of Vermonters, who lived by carefully tending what they gathered from nature.