Mint plans celebration for state coin
Mint plans celebration for coin
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By Michael McNutt
Published: January 3, 2008
An Oklahoma quarter soon may be in your pocket.
A ceremony commemorating the striking of the Oklahoma quarter is next week in Denver.Advertisement
The quarter's design
Nicknamed the Sooner State, Oklahoma became the 46th state admitted into the Union on Nov. 16, 1907. All 50 states are getting commemorative quarters in order of their entrance into the union.
The tail side of the Oklahoma quarter is a design depicting Oklahoma's state bird — the scissortail flycatcher — in flight with its tail feathers spread. The bird is in the center of the coin, with a field of Indian blanket wildflowers around the bottom half. At the top is the word Oklahoma and just below that is the year of statehood, 1907.
Henry asked Oklahomans to come up with suggestions for the state's quarter. Nearly 1,000 submitted written ideas. Oklahomans were given the chance to vote online for their favorite designs; the top five choices were sent to the mint. The U.S. Commission on Fine Arts selected the design.
The other four final designs depicted the Pioneer Woman statue in Ponca City, which is of a woman and child that is meant to honor the courage of the homesteaders who came to Oklahoma. The designs featured other elements meant to convey the state's history and character, including oil derricks, a peace pipe, a windmill and the state's shape.
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