Wyoming State Quarters
Wyoming State Quarters are the 44th variety in a series of fifty design changes over a ten year period from 1999 to 2008. This Quarter was released into circulation on September 3, 2007. The reverse design of the Wyoming quarter is one of the simplest of the entire series. It features an outline of a bucking bronco and cowboy. The motif symbolizes the states Wild West heritage. Wyoming's nickname "The Equality State" also appears on the coin because it was the very first state to approve equal voting rights for both men and women.
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 "WYOMING 1890”, "THE EQUALITY STATE" and "E PLURIBUS UNUM" along with the date of 2007.
State: Wyoming
Nickname: The Equality State
Ratified on: July 10, 1890
Motto: Equal Rights
Capital: Cheyenne
Area: 97,105 square miles
Bird: Meadowlark
Flower: Indian Paintbrush
Tree: Cottonwood
Designer: Norman E Nemeth
Launch Date: September 3, 2007
Mintages:
Philadelphia - 243,600,000
Denver - 320,800,000
San Francisco (clad proof) - 2,002,812
San Francisco (silver proof) - 1,094,993
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