Nebraska State Quarter Features Famous Western Landmark
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA - The newest commemorative quarter-dollar coin in the United States Mint's 50 State Quarters Program depicts one of the West's most famous landmarks, Chimney Rock, the natural wonder that rises from the valley of the North Platte River, measuring 445 feet from base to tip. United States Mint Acting Director David A. Lebryk, Treasury Assistant Secretary Sandra L. Pack, Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman and First Lady Sally Ganem launched the Nebraska quarter-dollar today at the Bob Devaney Sports Center in Lincoln.
"When we hold this new Nebraska quarter, we all share the wonder of our ancestors as they glimpsed Chimney Rock for the first time during the westward expansion," said Acting Director Lebryk. "This quarter captures America's pioneering spirit and the joy those trailblazers must have felt as they reveled in the beauty of this new land."
The Nebraska quarter also features the image of an ox-drawn covered wagon carrying pioneers with the sun shining brightly above them. The coin bears the inscriptions "Nebraska," "Chimney Rock" and "1867." Nebraska, nicknamed the "Cornhusker State," was admitted into the Union on March 1, 1867, becoming our Nation's 37th state. The Nebraska quarter is the 37th coin in the United States Mint's 50 State Quarters Program and the second commemorative quarter-dollar released in 2006.