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Caption: "The Evergreen State"
Release date: April 11, 2007
Entered Statehood: November 11, 1889
Mintage: 545,200,000
Reverse: Salmon leaping in front of Mount Rainier.
Engraver: Charles Vickers
Interesting fact: On May 18, 1980, following a period of heavy tremors and eruptions, the northeast face of Mount St. Helens exploded outward, destroying a large part of the top of the volcano. This eruption flattened the forests, killed 57 people, flooded the Columbia River and its tributaries with ash and mud, and blanketed large parts of Washington and other surrounding states in ash, making day look like night.