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Illinois State Quarter
By U.S. Mint
Jul 17, 2006, 17:15 PST
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In January 2001, Governor George Ryan announced the Governor's Classroom Contest to solicit ideas from school children and begin an open period for public input on the state's quarter design. The state received more than 6,000 submissions, approximately 5,700 of which were from school children. Governor Ryan named a 14-member committee to review the submissions and to suggest three to five concepts to be forwarded to the United States Mint. The state chose three concepts: Illinois history, agriculture and industry, and state symbols. The United States Mint returned five designs based on the concepts for final selection by the Governor. The final design for the Illinois State Quarter, "Land of Lincoln-21st State/Century," represents the history and future of Illinois.
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