The Texas Quarter was released in 2004, as the 28th quarter in the 50 State Quarters series for the 28th state to be admitted to the Union. The quarter features a topographical image of the state of Texas, along with a lone star on the right side of the coin, covering most of the central and eastern part of the state. There is a rope that encircles the state and goes around the edges of the coin, along with a label that reads the state nickname: ‘The Lone Star State’.
The road to statehood for Texas was not easy, and involved four other flags flying over the state before it was admitted to the Union, and one state after that admission. There were many countries that wanted Texas for their own, and it was fought over by Spain, France, Mexico, and the United States. Eventually, Texas broke free and won its own independence, naming itself the Republic of Texas in 1836 before being adopted as a state nine years later.
Texas is located in the South-Central United States, with borders to Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Mexico. Before Europeans came to the area, there were many Indians that lived in the area, which once belonged to Mexico. There was no culture specifically that resided there, and many different people inhabited the land. Texas was first recorded in a map of the Gulf Coast in 1519, and in 1528 the first Europeans landed in the area due to a shipwreck. In 1690, Spanish and French missionaries competed over the land, along with the natives who lived in the area. The United States joined in the battle after the Louisiana Purchase, but it was not until 1845 that Texas actually became a state in the Union.