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Release date of Georgia State Quarter: July
19, 1999.
The Georgia quarter, the fourth quarter released
under the 50 State Quarters® Program, is a real peach. The selected
design incorporates several symbols associated with this traditional,
yet very diverse southern state.
Just from studying the Georgia quarter design, one can learn a lot
about the fourth state of the Union. The selected design prominently
features the peach - a symbol long associated with the state - within
the confines of a silhouetted outline of the state. Live Oak sprigs
border the central design paying homage to the official state tree, the
Live Oak. And if you ever need to know the Georgia state motto, simply
look across the top of the design, where the words "Wisdom, Justice,
Moderation," grace a hanging banner.
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| The Georgia quarter features
the peach, a silhouetted outline of the state, live oak sprigs, and the
Georgia state motto, "Wisdom, Justice, Moderation. United States
Mint image.
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The selection process for the Georgia quarter was initiated when
Georgia Governor Zell Miller tasked the Georgia Council for the Arts
with the development and selection of the Georgia circulating quarter
design.
The Council responded by submitting five design concepts to the United
States Mint. Of these five designs, four candidates were reviewed and
recommended by the Citizens Commemorative Coin Advisory Committee and
the Fine Arts Commission, and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury
for use on the 1999 Georgia quarter. Upon receipt and careful review of
the designs, Governor Miller selected the featured design.
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State Quarter
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