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50 State Quarters > Quarter details > Mintage Figures
32
[32nd of 41]
ISO 3166-2:US > Codes > Sorted by Name > States
US-MN
State fossil > Age
Pleistocene
State fossil > Binomial nomenclature
Castoroides ohioensis (unofficial)
State fossil > Common name
giant beaver
State Name
Minnesota
Symbols > State bird
Common Loon
Symbols > State motto
L'Étoile du Nord (The North Star)
U.S. state amphibians > State amphibian
Northern Leopard Frog
(Rana pipiens)
U.S. state beverages > Drink
Milk
U.S. state beverages > Year & Citation
1984
U.S. state butterflies > State butterfly
Monarch Butterfly
U.S. state grasses > Binomial name
Zizania aquatica
U.S. state grasses > State grass
Wild rice (designated "state grain")
U.S. state insects > Binomial name
Danaus plexippus
U.S. state insects > State insect
Monarch Butterfly
U.S. state mottos > Motto
L'étoile du Nord
(Official state motto) / Quae sursum volo videre (Territorial motto never repealed)
U.S. state reptiles > State reptile
Blanding's Turtle
U.S. state soils > State soil
Lester
U.S. state trees > State tree
Red Pine
(Pinus resinosa)
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