State's Quarter Due From Mint In Late January

Oklahoma's quarter, the U.S. Mint announced, will be among the final five designs for the state quarters with Oklahoma's put into circulation in late January. The other four will follow at 10-week intervals. The states have been honored in the order they were admitted to the union, starting with Delaware, honored with a quarter in 1999. The effort kicked off a collecting craze unlike anything ever seen before in the coin world. Based on a 2005 survey, Mint officials estimate 147 million people have gotten involved in collecting the quarters with their constantly changing designs.

The final five coins will start with Oklahoma, which entered the union in 1907. It will feature the state bird, the scissortail flycatcher, and the state wildflower, the Indian blanket.

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