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Caption: "Yosemite Valley"
Coin Issued: January 31, 2005 - the 1st coin in 2005
Description: The Naturalist John Muir overlooking Yosemite Valley and Half Dome, with a California Condor in flight.
In 1868, John Muir made his home in Yosemite Valley.
He devoted his life to convservation, publishing 10 books and over 300 articles on Naturalism and Conservation.
In the early 1890's, John Muir helped to form the Sierra Club.
He served as the Sierra Club's President until his death in 1914.
To protect Yosemite, Congress established Yosemite National Park in 1890.
As the result of a successful breeding program, the nearly extinct California Condor has been
re-introduced to rural central California.
To help protect against catastrophic loss,
a colony of Condors has been established at the South Rim of the Grand Canyon (in northwest Arizona).
Statehood: September 9, 1850
Order of Statehood: 31st State
Engraver: Don Everhart
Number of Coins Minted:
| Denver: | 263,200,000 |
| Philadelphia: | 257,200,000 |
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| Total: | 520,400,000 |
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