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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
United States Mint engraver George T. Morgan made sketches of a possible design for a $100 coin in 1876, should the half union ever be a success. When the mint concluded that the half union (a gold coin weighing about 2.7 troy ounces or 83.6 grams) was infeasible, the idea of a union coin was discarded and forgotten.
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]
Since then, 37 states have been admitted into the Union. Each new state has been admitted on an equal footing with those already in existence. [2] Of the 37 states admitted to the Union by Congress, all but six have been established within existing U.S. organized incorporated territories. A state that was so created might encompass all or part ...
Early editions of the Red Book are collectible. The first edition has commanded $1,500 or more on the open market. The Red Book has its own Red Book – A Guide Book Of The Official Red Book Of United States Coins by Frank J. Colletti published 2009 by Whitman Publishing (ISBN 978-0-7948-2580-5).
The 50 State Quarters Program was started to support a new generation of coin collectors, [1] [2] and it became the most successful numismatic program in US history, with roughly half of the US population collecting the coins, either in a casual manner or as a serious pursuit. [3]
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Coin Obverse design Reverse design Composition Mintage Available Obverse Reverse $1: Library of Congress dollar: Depicts an open book superimposed over the torch of learning Architectural rendering of the dome on the Library of Congress' Jefferson building: Ag 90%, Cu 10% Authorized: 500,000 (max) Uncirculated: 52,771 P. Proof: 196,900 P