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The Idaho State Quarter was released on June 4, 2007 as the forty-third coin in the State Quarter Program. Idaho’s original Statehood date was July 3, 1890.
The reverse features an outline of the State, the State motto “Esto Perptua” (May it Be Forever), and a Peregrine Falcon, one of the State birds (the other is a Mountain Bluebird).
Statehood Date: July 3, 1890
State Capitol: Boise
State Nickname: Gem State
State Motto: Esto Perptua (May it Be Forever)
State Song: Here We Have Idaho
State Bird: Mountain Blue Bird and Peregrine Falcon
State Tree: Western White Pine
State Flower: Lewis Mock Orange
State Insect: Monarch Butterfly
State Animal: Appaloosa Horse
State Fish: Cutthroat Trout