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02-27-2008, 03:16 PM
http://www.usmint.gov/images/pressroom/default.jpg SALT LAKE CITY - United States Mint Senior Official Gloria C. Eskridge, Governor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. and First Lady Mary Kaye Huntsman launched the Utah commemorative quarter-dollar today, while the Bonneville Elementary School 4th grade class serenaded the audience at Rio Grande Depot with "Iron Wheels a Rollin'--the Golden Spike Song." The Utah launch ceremony honored the 45th coin in the United States Mint's popular 50 State Quarters® Program, and the program was emceed by Ken Verdoia, senior producer of public affairs at KUED, the local PBS affiliate.

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