The third commemorative quarter-dollar coin released in 2008 honored Arizona. The Arizona quarter features an image of the Grand Canyon with a Saguaro cactus in the foreground. A banner reading "Grand Canyon State" separates the two images to signify that the Saguaro cactus does not grow in the Grand Canyon. The coin also bears the inscriptions "Arizona" and "1912." There is an error on some of the coins – an extra cactus at the bottom.
Thank you for sharing the information about the error on some of the coins. I did not know that, but now I will be on the lookout.
If you google "errors on state coins" you should get some information. I think several of the coins have errors. So far I have not found any. The National Parks/Monuments quarters are hard to come by. My son travels a lot and gives them to me. Did you get the First Ladies coins? I didn't. Although I enjoy coin collecting I think the government could save money by not making special coins.
