California Quarter

California State Quarter

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California quarter

The U.S. Mint's bicentennial commemorative quarter for California (public domain image on Wikipedia). All State Quarters

Commemorative Quarter for California

The U.S. Mint's bicentennial commemorative quarter for California features John Muir (early advocate for wilderness conservation); the endangered California condor; Half Dome (a granite formation in Yosemite National Park); a giant sequoia (the state tree); and the captions "Yosemite Valley" and "John Muir." All State Quarters

California became the 31st state in 1850. Dates of Statehood

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Images

Half Dome in Yosemite National Park; featured on the California commemorative quarter.  Photo by John Krzesinski (Images by John 'K')/Flickr (noncommercial use permitted with attribution/no derivative works).

Half Dome in Yosemite National Park, CA

Walking among giants; redwood forests, California; photo by Stefan Geens on Flickr (noncommercial use permitted with attribution / share alike).

California redwood forest

Endangered California condor; featured on the California commemorative quarter.  Photo by devra/Flickr (use permitted with attribution).

California condor portrait