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The 50 State
Quarters Program Act began in 1999 and is expected
to run until 2008, with five new quarters released
every year over ten years. The quarters are being
released in the order that the states joined the
union. Each quarter features a different state
design on the back.
|
State |
Date of
statehood |
Issued |
Design |
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Delaware |
Dec. 7,
1787 |
1999 |
Caesar
Rodney's horseback ride |
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Pennsylvania |
Dec. 12,
1787 |
1999 |
Commonwealth statue, keystone, and
outline of state |
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New Jersey |
Dec. 18,
1787 |
1999 |
Washington
crossing the Delaware River |
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Georgia |
Jan. 2,
1788 |
1999 |
Peach,
Live Oak, and outline of state |
|
Connecticut |
Jan. 9,
1788 |
1999 |
The
Charter Oak |
|
Massachusetts |
Feb. 6,
1788 |
2000 |
Minuteman
statue and outline of state |
|
Maryland |
April 28,
1788 |
2000 |
Maryland
Statehouse and White Oak |
|
South
Carolina |
May 23,
1788 |
2000 |
Palmetto
tree, Carolina wren, and Yellow
Jessamine |
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New
Hampshire |
June 21,
1788 |
2000 |
Old Man of
the Mountain rock formation |
|
Virginia |
June 25,
1788 |
2000 |
First
three ships to Jamestown |
|
New York |
July 26,
1788 |
2001 |
Statue of
Liberty, state outline, the words
�Gateway to Freedom,� 11 stars |
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North
Carolina |
Nov. 21,
1789 |
2001 |
First
flight at Kitty Hawk |
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Rhode
Island |
May 29,
1790 |
2001 |
A sailboat
on the open sea, commemorating the
�Ocean State� |
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Vermont |
March 4,
1791 |
2001 |
Camel's
Hump Mountain, maple trees with sap
buckets |
|
Kentucky |
June 1,
1792 |
2001 |
Federal
Hill, or �My Old Kentucky Home,� race
horse behind a fence |
|
Tennessee |
June 1,
1796 |
2002 |
Fiddle,
trumpet, guitar, and musical score |
|
Ohio |
March 1,
1803 |
2002 |
Early
airplane, astronaut, and state outline |
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Louisiana |
April 30,
1812 |
2002 |
Pelican,
horn with musical notes, and outline of
Louisiana Purchase |
|
Indiana |
Dec. 11,
1816 |
2002 |
Race car
and state outline |
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Mississippi |
Dec. 10,
1817 |
2002 |
Blossoms
and leaves of two magnolias |
|
Illinois |
Dec. 3,
1818 |
2003 |
Abraham
Lincoln and state outline |
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Alabama |
Dec. 14,
1819 |
2003 |
Helen
Keller, with name in English and Braille |
|
Maine |
March 15,
1820 |
2003 |
The
Pemaquid Point Light House and a
schooner |
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Missouri |
Aug. 10,
1821 |
2003 |
Lewis and
Clark travelling down the Missouri River |
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Arkansas |
June 15,
1836 |
2003 |
Rice
stalks, a diamond, and a mallard,
representing the �Natural State� |
|
Michigan |
Jan. 26,
1837 |
2004 |
Outline of
state and Great Lakes |
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Florida |
March 3,
1845 |
2004 |
Galleon,
space shuttle, strip of land with palm
trees, �Gateway to Discovery� |
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Texas |
Dec. 29,
1845 |
2004 |
State
outline and star encircled by lariat,
representing the �Lone Star State� |
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Iowa |
Dec. 28,
1846 |
2004 |
One-room
schoolhouse, based on a Grant Wood
painting |
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Wisconsin |
May 29,
1848 |
2004 |
Cow's
head, cheese, corn, and �Forward� motto |
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California |
Sept. 9,
1850 |
2005 |
John Muir,
Yosemite Valley, and California condor |
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Minnesota |
May 11,
1858 |
2005 |
People
fishing, a loon, and state outline with
�Land of 10,000 Lakes� |
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Oregon |
Feb. 14,
1859 |
2005 |
Crater
Lake |
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Kansas |
Jan. 29,
1861 |
2005 |
Buffalo
and sunflowers |
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West
Virginia |
June 20,
1863 |
2005 |
New River
Gorge, New River Gorge Bridge |
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Nevada |
Oct. 31,
1864 |
2006 |
Mustangs,
sun rising over mountains, and sagebrush
in �The Silver State� |
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Nebraska |
March 1,
1867 |
2006 |
Covered
wagon and �Chimney Rock� |
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Colorado |
Aug. 1,
1876 |
2006 |
Rocky
Mountains, evergreens, �Colorful
Colorado� |
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North
Dakota |
Nov. 2,
1889 |
2006 |
Bison
grazing in the Badlands |
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South
Dakota |
Nov. 2,
1889 |
2006 |
Pheasant
in flight over Mount Rushmore |
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Montana |
Nov. 8,
1889 |
2007 |
Bison
skull over "Big Sky Country" |
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Washington |
Nov. 11,
1889 |
2007 |
King
salmon, Mount Rainier, "The Evergreen
State" |
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Idaho |
July 3,
1890 |
2007 |
Peregrine
falcon, state outline, state motto "Esto
Perpetua" |
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Wyoming |
July 10,
1890 |
2007 |
Bucking
horse and rider, "The Equality State" |
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Utah |
Jan. 4,
1896 |
2007 |
Locomotives moving toward golden spike,
"Crossroads of the West" |
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