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50 State Quarters > Quarter details > Mintage Figures 25 [25th of 41]
ISO 3166-2:US > Codes > Sorted by Name > States US-MS
State fossil > Age Eocene
State fossil > Binomial nomenclature
Basilosaurus and Zygorhiza
State fossil > Common name whales
State Name Mississippi
Symbols > State animal
White-tailed deer and Red Fox (State animals); Bottlenose Dolphin (State water mammal)
Symbols > State bird
Mockingbird (State bird); Wood Duck (State waterfowl)
Symbols > State motto
Virtute et armis (By valor and arms)
U.S. state butterflies > State butterfly Spicebush Swallowtail
U.S. state dances > State dance Square Dance
U.S. state insects > Binomial name Apis mellifera
U.S. state insects > State insect
European honey bee
U.S. state minerals, rocks, stones and gemstones > State Geological Symbols > Rock Petrified Wood (1976)
U.S. state mottos > Motto Virtute et armis
U.S. state reptiles > State reptile American Alligator
U.S. state reptiles > Year adopted 2005
U.S. state soils > State soil
Natchez
U.S. state soils > Year adopted 2003
U.S. state trees > State tree Magnolia
(Magnolia)

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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

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: MS

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