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The West > Colorado > Identification

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50 State Quarters > Quarter details > Mintage Figures 569,000,000 [26th of 41]
ISO 3166-2:US > Codes > Sorted by Name > States US-CO
State butterflies > Binomial nomenclature Hypaurotis crysalus
State butterflies > State butterfly
Colorado Hairstreak Butterfly
State fossil > Age Jurassic
State fossil > Binomial nomenclature Stegosaurus stenops
State fossil > Common name Stegosaurus
State fossil > Year 1,982
State grasses > Scientific name Bouteloua gracilis
State grasses > State grass Blue grama
State mottos > Motto Nil sine numine
State Name Colorado
State reptile Western Painted Turtle
State reptile > Binomial nomenclature
Chrysemys picta
subspecies belli
State reptile > Year adopted 2,008
State soil
Seitz
State tree
Colorado Blue Spruce
State tree > Binomial Nomenclature Picea pungens
Symbols > State animal
Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep
Symbols > State bird Lark Bunting
Symbols > State motto
Nil sine Numine (Nothing without Providence)
Traditional abbreviation > Other Col.
U.S. state grasses > Binomial name Bouteloua gracilis
U.S. state grasses > State grass Blue grama
U.S. state insects > Binomial name Hypaurotis crysalus
U.S. state insects > State insect
Colorado Hairstreak Butterfly
U.S. state minerals, rocks, stones and gemstones > State Geological Symbols > Mineral Rhodochrosite (2002)
U.S. state minerals, rocks, stones and gemstones > State Geological Symbols > Rock Yule marble (2004)

SOURCES: Wikipedia: 50 State Quarters ; Wikipedia: ISO 3166-2:US ; Wikipedia: List of U.S. state butterflies; Wikipedia: List of U.S. state fossils; Wikipedia: List of U.S. state grasses; Wikipedia: List of U.S. state mottos; John; Wikipedia: List of U.S. state reptiles; Wikipedia: List of U.S. state soils; Wikipedia: List of U.S. state trees; "State Names, Seals, Flags and Symbols" by Benjamin F. Shearer, Barbara S. Shearer.; FirstGov Official Government Website, Wikipedia; Wikipedia: List of U.S. states by traditional abbreviation; Wikipedia: List of U.S. state grasses ; Wikipedia: List of U.S. state insects ; Wikipedia: List of U.S. state minerals, rocks, stones and gemstones

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