April 10, 2007
Tuesday

The Alaska Commemorative Coin Commission is seeking your comments on the four final designs for the Alaska commemorative quarter.

The new state quarter is part of a 10-year program started by Congress in 1999. Coins are released every ten weeks in the order states were admitted to the union. Alaska was the 49th state admitted to the union in 1959. Hawaii followed shortly thereafter. The back side of each quarter honors that state.

The Alaska Commemorative Coin Commission submitted five narrative designs to the United States Mint. Final designs were selected based on aesthetic beauty, historical accuracy, appropriateness and coinability. The four final designs are:

Public comments are welcomed through April 22, 2007.
Submit your comments to the governor, click here.

• A polar bear with the midnight sun
• Denali National Park with a dog sled musher and the Big Dipper with the North Star
• A brown bear with salmon and the Big Dipper with the North Star
• Denali National Park with a gold panner

Governor Palin is asking for comments from the public before she selects the final design later this month. Public comments are welcomed through April 22, 2007.

"It is important that I hear from Alaskans as we select a coin that will represent our state for many years to come," said Governor Palin. "I applaud the work of the Alaska Commemorative Coin Commission and the many Alaskans who submitted their ideas for consideration."

The United States Mint will release Alaska's quarter in the Fall of 2008.

Source of News:

Office of the Governor
www.gov.state.ak.us

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