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Article: United States Mint Launches American Samoa Quarter in Pago Pago
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- September 4, 2009
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To: NATIONAL EDITORS
Contact: Jana Prewitt of United States Mint, +1-202-354-7222
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa, Sept. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The
United States Mint celebrated the launching of the American Samoa
commemorative quarter-dollar coin yesterday at the Samoana High
School Gym in Pago Pago, the territory's capital city. United States
Mint Deputy Director Andy Brunhart and American Samoa Governor
Togiola T.A. Tulafono led the celebration of the fourth coin in the
2009 District of Columbia and U.S. Territories Quarters Program.
"This beautiful quarter-dollar coin honoring American Samoa's
vibrant traditional culture and rugged beauty is a welcome addition
to American coinage," ...