2008 Oklahoma Quarter (BUY)
2008-S Proof Oklahoma Quarter (BUY)
Oklahoma State Quarters were released on January 28, 2008 as the forty-sixth coin in the State Quarter series. Oklahoma’s original Statehood date was November 16, 1907.
The reverse design features the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher. The inscriptions include the State name, Statehood date, mintage date, “E Pluribus Unum.” The coin’s reverse was designed by Susan Gamble and engraved by Phebe Hemphill.
The Scissor-tailed Flycatcher is Oklahoma’s state bird. The design depicts the bird with its distinctive tail feathers spread. Beneath the bird, there is also the state wildflower called the Indian Blanket.
Citizens of Oklahoma submitted over 1,000 narratives as design concepts for the new quarter. This was narrowed to five, which were sent to the United States Mint. Of the artistic design renderings, the governor chose the Scissor-tailed Flycatcher design. The US Treasury Department later gave final approval of the design.
The Philadelphia mint produced 222,000,000 coins. The Denver mint produced 194,600,000 coins. To date, the Oklahoma Quarter has the lowest combined mintage of all the 2008 State Quarters.
Coin Specifications:
- Mintage: 222,000,000 Philadelphia, 194,600,000 Denver
- Designers: William Cousins after John Flanagan (obverse), Susan Gamble (reverse)
- Composition: 91.67% copper, 8.33% nickel (clad), 90% silver, 10% copper (silver proof)
- Diameter: 24.26 mm
- Weight: 5.67 grams
- Thickness: 1.75 mm
- Edge: Reeded
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