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50 State Quarters > Quarter details > Mintage Figures 30 [30th of 41]
ISO 3166-2:US > Codes > Sorted by Name > States US-SD
State fossil > Age Cretaceous
State fossil > Binomial nomenclature Triceratops
State fossil > Common name ceratopsid dinosaur
State Name South Dakota
Symbols > State animal Coyote
Symbols > State bird Ring-necked Pheasant
Symbols > State motto
Under God, the people rule
U.S. state beverages > Drink Milk
U.S. state grasses > Binomial name Agropyron smithii
U.S. state grasses > State grass Western Wheatgrass
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 > Mineral Rose quartz
U.S. state mottos > Motto Under God the people rule
U.S. state reptiles > State reptile None
U.S. state soils > State soil
Houdek
U.S. state soils > Year adopted 1990
U.S. state trees > State tree
Black Hills Spruce
(Picea glauca) var. (densata)

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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 beverages ; 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 ; 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: SD

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