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SEPTEMBER
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49th
Quarter Honors Alaska
The 49th Quarter of the State Quarters Program honors Alaska. The coin's design features a grizzly bear emerging from the water, clutching a salmon in its jaws. The North Star is depicted above the inscription The Great Land. Additional inscriptions are Alaska and 1959, the year Alaska was admitted to the Union. The Alaska State Quarter was officially launched at a ceremony at the Alaska State Fair on August 29. United States Mint Deputy Director Andrew Brunhart joined Alaska Lieutenant Governor Sean Parnell for the event. "The bear gripping a salmon firmly in its jaws as it emerges from rapids captures the essence of your State," Deputy Director Brunhart said of the Alaska quarter design. "When Americans pull this coin out of their pockets, they will think of Alaska-America's last frontier." Other designs that were considered for the Alaska coin include a polar bear with the midnight sun; Denali National Park with a dog sled musher and the Big Dipper with the North Star; and Denali National Park with a gold panner The Alaska quarter went into circulation nationwide on August 25, 2008. The United States Mint estimates that it will produce about 500 million Alaska quarters. Earlier this year, quarters honoring Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Arizona were released. Later this year, the Hawaii quarter will be issued.
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