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October 7, 2002
Governor Mike Huckabee announced that Dortha Scott’s design won the statewide contest for the Arkansas state quarter design. The Arkansas state quarter was the twenty-fifth of fifty state quarters to be issued by the U.S. Mint under its 50 State Quarters Program. Five commemorative state quarters were to be issued each year for a period of ten years in chronological order according to when each state was admitted to the Union. The quarter features a diamond, rice, and a mallard duck with a background of trees and a body of water. Scott’s design was chosen from among more than 9,300 entries.