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Release date of Texas State Quarter: June
01, 2004.
The Texas quarter is the third quarter of 2004,
and the 28th in the 50 State Quarters® Program. On December 29, 1845,
Texas became the 28th state to be admitted into the Union.
The quarter's reverse design incorporates an outline of the State with
a star superimposed on the outline and the inscription, "The Lone Star
State." The lariat encircling the design is symbolic of the cattle and
cowboy history of Texas, as well as the frontier spirit that tamed the
land.
Texas comes from the Indian word "tejas," meaning friends or allies,
and appropriately Texas's motto is "Friendship." Probably the two most
recognized symbols of Texas are its unique shape and the lone star that
is represented on the State flag. The Texas flag design was approved in
1839 to symbolize the Republic of Texas and was adopted as the State
flag in 1845. The simple design of a lone star and three bold stripes
of red, white and blue represent bravery, purity and loyalty,
respectively. Texas is the only state to have had six different flags
fly over its land -- Spain, France, Mexico, Republic of Texas,
Confederate States of America and the United States of America.
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| The Texas quarter
incorporates an outline of the State with a star superimposed on the
outline and the inscription, "The Lone Star State." The lariat
encircling the design is symbolic of the cattle and cowboy history of
Texas, as well as the frontier spirit that tamed the land. United
States Mint image. |
On August 14, 2000, Governor George W. Bush
appointed the 15-member
Texas Quarter Dollar Coin Design Advisory Committee. The Committee
authorized the Texas Numismatic Association to conduct a statewide
design contest on its behalf. Nearly 2,600 candidate design concepts
were submitted in response to a statewide contest.
From those design concepts, 17 finalists were selected by the Texas
Numismatic Association and presented to the Texas Quarter Dollar Coin
Design Advisory Committee for review. The Committee further narrowed
the submissions to the five designs that were most representative and
emblematic of the State. Governor Rick Perry submitted the preferred
design of the outline of Texas beneath the Lone Star and encircled by a
lariat, which was approved by the Secretary of the Treasury on August
26, 2003.
Purchase a Texas
State Quarter
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