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A set of all three quarters sold on eBay in February 2005 for $300 and initially saw significant increases, such as $1500 for individual coins, but as of February 2020 PCGS lists the value of MS-62 specimens from $92 to $130 each.
Alaska Statehood Act; Long title: An Act to provide for the admission of the State of Alaska into the Union. Enacted by: the 85th United States Congress: Citations; Public law: Pub. L. 85–508: Statutes at Large: 72 Stat. 339: Codification; Titles amended: Title 28—Judiciary and Judicial Procedure: Legislative history
The following table is a list of all 50 states and their respective dates of statehood. The first 13 became states in July 1776 upon agreeing to the United States Declaration of Independence, and each joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of Confederation, its first constitution. [6]
Alaska Statehood Act, admitting Alaska as a state in the Union as of January 3, 1959; Hawaii Admission Act, admitting Hawaii as a state in the Union as of August 21, 1959; Federalism in the United States; List of U.S. states by date of admission to the Union; List of U.S. state partition proposals; Perpetual Union; State cessions
The clause has served the same function since then whenever a proposal to partition an existing state or states has come before Congress. New breakaway states are permitted to join the Union only with the proper consents. [4] Of the 37 states admitted to the Union by Congress, three were set off from an already existing state:
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President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Alaska Statehood Act into United States law on July 4, 1958, [18] which paved the way for Alaska's admission into the Union on January 3, 1959. Juneau, the territorial capital , continued as state capital, and William A. Egan was sworn in as the first governor .
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