United States, 1999 AD., Denver mint, ¼ Dollar, Georgia State commemorative, KM 296.
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United States, 50 State Quarters series, Georgia commemorative, engravers: J. Flanagan (obverse) and T. James Ferrell (reverse), Denver mint, 1999 AD.,
¼ Dollar / 25 Cents (24,3 mm / 5,67 g), copper-nickel clad copper, theor. mint weight 5,67 g., mintage 488.744.000 , coin alignment ↑↓ (180°), reeded edge,
Obv.: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / LIBERTY - IN / GOD WE / TRUST / D / QUARTER DOLLAR , portrait of George Washington facing left, motto and mintmark to r.
Rev.: GEORGIA / 1788 / WISDOM - JUSTICE - MODERATION / 1999 / E PLURIBUS UNUM - TJF , peach before the state's geographical outline, two Live Oak sprigs flanking, Georgia´s motto "WISDOM JUSTICE MODERATION" on a ribbon around, above the date of Georgia´s admission into the Union "1788"; engraver´s initials TJF at r. edge.
KM 296 .
Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788. It declared its secession from the Union on January 21, 1861, and was one of the original seven Confederate states. It was the last state to be restored to the Union, on July 15, 1870.
Georgia is the 24th most extensive and the 9th most populous of the 50 United States. From 2007 to 2008, 14 of Georgia's counties ranked among the nation's 100 fastest-growing, second only to Texas. Georgia is known as the Peach State and the Empire State of the South. Atlanta is the capital and the most populous city.
Georgia is bordered on the south by Florida; on the east by the Atlantic Ocean and South Carolina; on the west by Alabama; and on the north by Tennessee and North Carolina. The northern part of the state is in the Blue Ridge Mountains, a mountain range in the vast Appalachian Mountains system. The central piedmont extends from the foothills to the fall line, where the rivers cascade down in elevation to the continental coastal plain of the southern part of the state. The highest point in Georgia is Brasstown Bald, 4,784 feet (1,458 m); the lowest point is the Atlantic Ocean.
Georgia is the most extensive state east of the Mississippi River in terms of land area, although it is the fourth most extensive (after Michigan, Florida, and Wisconsin) in total area, a term which includes expanses of water which are part of state territory.
The live oak tree, Quercus virginiana, also known as the southern live oak, is a normally evergreen oak tree native to the southeastern United States. Though many other species are loosely called live oak, the southern live oak is particularly iconic of the Old South.
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