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  All 50 States
U.S. State Flags
 

 

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

Delaware

Dec. 7, 1787

1999

Caesar Rodney's horseback ride

Pennsylvania

Dec. 12, 1787

1999

Commonwealth statue, keystone, and outline of state

New Jersey

Dec. 18, 1787

1999

Washington crossing the Delaware River

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

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

North Carolina

Nov. 21, 1789

2001

First flight at Kitty Hawk

Rhode Island

May 29, 1790

2001

A sailboat on the open sea, commemorating the �Ocean State�

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

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

Mississippi

Dec. 10, 1817

2002

Blossoms and leaves of two magnolias

Illinois

Dec. 3, 1818

2003

Abraham Lincoln and state outline

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

Missouri

Aug. 10, 1821

2003

Lewis and Clark travelling down the Missouri River

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

Florida

March 3, 1845

2004

Galleon, space shuttle, strip of land with palm trees, �Gateway to Discovery�

Texas

Dec. 29, 1845

2004

State outline and star encircled by lariat, representing the �Lone Star State�

Iowa

Dec. 28, 1846

2004

One-room schoolhouse, based on a Grant Wood painting

Wisconsin

May 29, 1848

2004

Cow's head, cheese, corn, and �Forward� motto

California

Sept. 9, 1850

2005

John Muir, Yosemite Valley, and California condor

Minnesota

May 11, 1858

2005

People fishing, a loon, and state outline with �Land of 10,000 Lakes�

Oregon

Feb. 14, 1859

2005

Crater Lake

Kansas

Jan. 29, 1861

2005

Buffalo and sunflowers

West Virginia

June 20, 1863

2005

New River Gorge, New River Gorge Bridge

Nevada

Oct. 31, 1864

2006

Mustangs, sun rising over mountains, and sagebrush in �The Silver State�

Nebraska

March 1, 1867

2006

Covered wagon and �Chimney Rock�

Colorado

Aug. 1, 1876

2006

Rocky Mountains, evergreens, �Colorful Colorado�

North Dakota

Nov. 2, 1889

2006

Bison grazing in the Badlands

South Dakota

Nov. 2, 1889

2006

Pheasant in flight over Mount Rushmore

Montana

Nov. 8, 1889

2007

Bison skull over "Big Sky Country"

Washington

Nov. 11, 1889

2007

King salmon, Mount Rainier, "The Evergreen State"

Idaho

July 3, 1890

2007

Peregrine falcon, state outline, state motto "Esto Perpetua"

Wyoming

July 10, 1890

2007

Bucking horse and rider, "The Equality State"

Utah

Jan. 4, 1896

2007

Locomotives moving toward golden spike, "Crossroads of the West"

 


 

 

 

 
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