The new California State Quarter depicts naturalist and conservationist John Muir admiring Yosemite Valley’s monolithic granite headwall known as Half Dome with a soaring California condor.
For the latest news about the California State Quarter, released on January 31, 2005, please check our Related Websites and News Updates page as well as the information below.
On March 29, 2004, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced his selection of the John Muir- Yosemite design to represent the Golden State in the U.S. Mint's 50 State Quarters ® Program. The design was adapted from a concept by Garrett Burke.
The U.S. Mint has announced that the new California State Quarter, including Bags and Two-Roll Sets of the new 25-cent piece, will be available for a ten-week period, beginning January 31, 2005.
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State Denver Philadelphia Total ***
2005 * 1,008,400,000
California 263,200,000 257,200,000 520,400,000
Minnesota 248,400,000 239,600,000 488,000,000
Oregon
Kansas
West Virginia
* Preliminary production figures only. Final mintage numbers will be issued in January 2006.
** 50 State Quarters Program® production figures updated after completion of each state quarter program.
*** The State Quarter total may not match the total in the Coin Production page. The latter includes production numbers for partial as well as completed state quarter programs as of the end of the period being reported.
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The U.S. Mint began minting the state quarters since 1999 and has scheduled five quarters to be released each year -- running from the Delaware quarter on Jan. 4, 1999, until the Hawaii quarter on Aug. 21, 2008.
The California state quarter is the 3st in the series to be issued.
Coin Specifications:
• Standard Weight = 5.670g
• Standard Diameter = 0.955 in (24.26mm)
• Thickness = 1.75 mm
• Edge = Reeded
• Composition = Cupro-Nickel Clad (8.33% Nickel, Balance Cu)
Sierra Club celebrates John Muir, Yosemite on California Quarter
Statement by Carl Pope, Executive Director (January 31, 2005
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