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Caption: "Wisdom, Justice, Moderation"
Release Date: July 19, 1999
Entered Statehood: January 2, 1788
Mintage: 939,932,000
Reverse: Peach, Live oak (the state tree) sprigs, state outline
Banner with text: "Wisdom, Justice, Moderation" (the state motto)
Engraver: T. James Ferrell
Interesting fact: Georgia was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788. It declared its secession from the Union on January 21, 1861, and was one of the original seven Confederate states. It was the last state to be restored to the Union, on July 15, 1870 and the only among the 13 that is explicitly named after a monarch.