2008 Alaska State Quarter

Characteristics

Obverse Description: Highlights a bust of President George Washington.

Reverse Description: The reverse of the Alaska quarter features a grizzly bear emerging from the waters clutching a salmon in its jaw. The coin’s design includes the North Star.

Obverse Inscriptions

• UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
• LIBERTY
• IN GOD WE TRUST
• QUARTER DOLLAR

Reverse Inscriptions

• THE GREAT LAND
• ALASKA
• 1959