Originally posted to the web in News, on Wednesday, July 16, 2008 12:31 PM CDT.
Arizona quarter comes to Wickenburg
The “Arizona State Quarter” traveling exhibit makes its Wickenburg debut at the Desert Caballeros Western Museum this week.
The “Arizona State Quarter” traveling exhibit, created by Wells Fargo Bank, the Governor’s Office and The Arizona Capitol Museum, a division of the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records, commemorates Arizona’s official quarter from its conception to circulation.
The third commemorative quarter-dollar coin released in 2008 honors Arizona, and is the 48th coin in the United States Mint’s 50 State Quarters¨ Program. Arizona was admitted into the Union on February 14, 1912, becoming the nation’s 48th state, and the last in the continental United States.
The Arizona quarter features an image of the Grand Canyon with a saguaro cactus in the foreground. A banner reading “Grand Canyon State” separates the two images to signify that the saguaro cactus does not grow in the Grand Canyon. The coin also bears the inscriptions “Arizona” and “1912”.
The Arizona Quarter Commission, appointed by Governor Janet Napolitano, solicited design suggestions from across the State. The Commission narrowed down more than 4,200 ideas to five narratives, which were sent to the United States Mint for consideration. The final artistic renderings, developed by sculptor-engravers of the United States Mint and artists in the United States Mint’s Artistic Infusion Program, were then proposed to Arizona, and a statewide online vote was conducted. On May 1, 2007, Governor Napolitano announced her recommendation of the “Grand Canyon with Saguaro Cactus” design, based on the results of the online poll. The Department of the Treasury approved the design on May 25, 2007.
Don’t miss this unique opportunity to learn about state history, coin design and the U.S. Mint’s 50 State Quarter¨ program. The “Arizona Quarter Exhibit” will be on display in the Museum lobby until Aug. 6. For more information, call the Desert Caballeros Western Museum at 684 - 2272.
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