North Dakota State Quarters
North Dakota State Quarters are the 39th variety in a series of fifty design changes over a ten year period from 1999 to 2008. This Quarter was released into circulation on August 28, 2006. The reverse of the North Dakota quarter features two American bison that are grazing. In the background is a sunrise as well as a scenic image of the North Dakota badlands.
The obverse of the coin is identical on all coins in this series. It features a portrait of George Washington with the inscriptions "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA", "QUARTER DOLLAR", "LIBERTY" and "IN GOD WE TRUST" arranged around the portrait.
The reverse of the coin bears the inscriptions "NORTH DAKOTA 1889”, and "E PLURIBUS UNUM" along with the date of 2006.
State: North Dakota
Nickname: The Peace Garden State
Ratified on: November 2, 1889
Motto: Liberty and Union Now and Forever, One and Inseparable
Capital: Bismark
Area: 68,994 square miles
Bird: Western Meadowlark
Flower: Wild Prairie Rose
Tree: American Elm
Designer: Donna Weaver
Launch Date: August 28, 2006
Mintages:
Philadelphia - 305,800,000
Denver - 359,000,000
San Francisco (clad proof) - 2,882,428
San Francisco (silver proof) - 1,585,008
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