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50 State Quarters > Quarter details > Mintage Figures 29 [29th of 41]
ISO 3166-2:US > Codes > Sorted by Name > States US-CA
State fossil > Age Pleistocene
State fossil > Binomial nomenclature Smilodon fatalis
State fossil > Common name saber-toothed cat
State Name California
Symbols > State animal
California Grizzly Bear (State animal); California Gray Whale (State marine mammal)
Symbols > State bird California Valley Quail
Symbols > State motto Eureka (I have found it)
U.S. state butterflies > State butterfly
California Dogface Butterfly
U.S. state colors > Color 1
U.S. state dances > State dance West Coast Swing
U.S. state minerals, rocks, stones and gemstones > State Geological Symbols > Mineral Gold
U.S. state minerals, rocks, stones and gemstones > State Geological Symbols > Rock Serpentine (1965)
U.S. state mottos > Motto
Eureka
U.S. state reptiles > State reptile Desert Tortoise
U.S. state reptiles > Year adopted 1972
U.S. state soils > State soil
San Joaquin
U.S. state soils > Year adopted 1997
U.S. state trees > State tree
California redwoods
(Sequoiadendron giganteum)
(Sequoia sempervirens)

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

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