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50 State Quarters > Quarter details > Mintage Figures 14 [14th of 41]
ISO 3166-2:US > Codes > Sorted by Name > States US-KY
State fossil > Age
Ordovician–Mississippian
State fossil > Binomial nomenclature undetermined
State fossil > Common name brachiopod
State Name Kentucky
Symbols > State animal
Thoroughbred (State horse); Gray Squirrel (State wild game animal species)
Symbols > State bird Cardinal
Symbols > State motto
United we stand, divided we fall
U.S. state butterflies > State butterfly Viceroy Butterfly
U.S. state dances > State dance Clogging
U.S. state insects > Binomial name Limenitis archippus
U.S. state insects > State insect Viceroy Butterfly
U.S. state minerals, rocks, stones and gemstones > State Geological Symbols > Mineral Coal
U.S. state minerals, rocks, stones and gemstones > State Geological Symbols > Rock Kentucky Agate (2000)
U.S. state mottos > Motto
English: United we stand, divided we fall
Latin: Deo gratiam habeamus
U.S. state reptiles > State reptile None
U.S. state soils > State soil
Crider
U.S. state soils > Year adopted 1990
U.S. state trees > State tree
Tulip Poplar
(Liriodendron tulipifera)

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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 dances ; Wikipedia: List of U.S. state insects ; 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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