John Muir: California State Quarter
The new California State Quarter issued by the United States
Mint, depicts naturalist and conservationist John Muir admiring Yosemite Valley’s
monolithic granite headwall known as Half Dome with a soaring California condor.
For the latest news about the California State Quarter, released on January
31, 2005, please check:
as well as the information below.
On March 29, 2004, California Governor
Arnold Schwarzenegger announced his
selection of the John Muir- Yosemite design to represent the Golden State in
the U.S. Mint's 50 State Quarters ® Program. The design was adapted from
a concept by Garrett
Burke.
The U.S.
Mint released
the coins for only a ten-week period in early 2005. They are now found in
normal circulation, and through coin dealers.
The U.S. Mint began minting the state quarters since 1999 and has scheduled
five quarters to be released each year -- running from the Delaware quarter
on Jan. 4, 1999, until the Hawaii quarter on Aug. 21, 2008.
The California state quarter is the 31st in the series to be issued.
Coin Specifications:
• Standard
Weight = 5.670g
• Standard
Diameter = 0.955 in (24.26mm)
• Thickness
= 1.75 mm
• Edge = Reeded
• Composition
= Cupro-Nickel Clad (8.33% Nickel, Balance Cu)
Sierra
Club celebrates John Muir, Yosemite on California Quarter
Statement by Carl Pope, Executive Director (January 31, 2005
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for lots more information!
John Muir California State Quarter Images
All images courtsy of the U.S. Mint
The Governor's Selection and Process
About the California State Quarter Designers
- Garrett Burke - concept designer - artist
who conceived and submitted the winning coin concept
- Alfred Maletsky - recently retired U.S. Mint sculptor-engraver who rendered the design (off-site link)
- Don Everhart - sculptor - newly hired U.S. Mint sculptor-engraver who will model the final version of the coin
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California Quarter Collectibles
- United
States Mint Offers California Quarters in 2-Roll Sets & Bags - January
18, 2005 - from the United States Mint (off-site link).
The United States Mint announced today that commemorative quarter-dollar coins
honoring California, the first coin in the United States Mint’s 50 State
Quarters® Program to be released in 2005, will go on sale beginning January
31, 2005, at 12:00 noon (ET), and will be available for purchase during the
10-week release period. The California quarter-dollars are available in two-roll
sets (40 coins per roll), including one roll each from the United States Mint
facilities at Philadelphia and Denver, and in bags of 100 and 1,000 coins.
- 2005
United States Mint 50 State Quarters Proof Set™ - January 6,
2005 - from the United States Mint (off-site link).
- Fleetwood California Heritage
Eyewitness to History® Coin First Day
Cover
- California Official First Day Coin Cover - (U.S. Mint) (to be released
March 3, 2005
- California
State Quarter Bear - RSCoins.com (off-site link)
- California
State Quarter Bear - Yosemite National Park Gift Store (off-site
link)
- Official California State Quarter Commemorative Holder
- Coins of America California
State Quarter Holder
- Yosemite Association, Yosemite Commemorative
Holder
- Sequoia Natural History Association, John Muir Stamp and California Quarter
Collectible Sheet
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