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Alaska
State Quarter
The U.S. State Quarter program was a great way to show off states' pride and personality while revamping the look of the quarter.
The Alaska State Quarter was released in 2008, the 10th year of the State Quarter program. Alaska was the 4th quarter released that year.
The official release date was August 25, 2008. State quarters were released in the order states joined the United States. As such, Alaska was the 49th State Quarter released.
Total mintage of the Alaska quarter was 505,800,000 which is worth a total of $126.45 million.
Alaska Quarter
Description
The Alaska State quarter features a large Grizzly Bear eating a salmon, the state fish. The bear is standing in a river where the fish was caught and there is a small waterfall behind the bear.
Above the bear there is the North Star. The caption on the quarter reads "The Great Land," in all capital letters.
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