The Hawaii Quarter Says “Aloha” to the Nation as the 50 State Quarters Program Says Good-Bye

The Hawaii quarter, the 50th and last coin in the popular 50 State Quarters Program, was ceremonially launched at Bishop Square in downtown Honolulu today. Amid a keiki hula performance and Hawaiian music, United States Mint Director Ed Moy bade farewell to the Nation’s most successful coin program in history.
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In 2009, the United States Mint will embark on the District of Columbia and United States Territories Quarters Program by minting and issuing six newly designed quarters.
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The 50 State Quarters Program has honored each state in the order it was admitted into the union. Hawaii became the 50th state on August 21, 1959. It is known as “The Aloha State.” The reverse of Hawaii’s quarter, designed and sculpted by United States Mint Sculptor-Engraver Don Everhart, features Hawaiian monarch King Kamehameha I stretching his hand toward the eight major Hawaiian Islands. Inscriptions on the coin include the State motto, “UA MAU KE EA O KA ‘AINA I KA PONO” (”The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness”), “HAWAII” and “1959.”
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For a digital image of the Hawaii quarter, go to http://www.usmint.gov/downloads/pressroom/2008HawaiiUnc.jpg

Source: U.S. Mint

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