what is "great state of Dade"?
dade county
Dade County Georgia. Dade County once seceded from the state of Georgia and became it's own little state.
A bit of history........
Shortly after the Georgia State Quarter was released, Dade County gained attention over an apparent mistake in the quarter. The outline of the state of Georgia on the quarter appears to have accidentally left out Dade County, which is in the extreme northwestern part of the state.
It is rumored that Dade County was intentionally left off the quarter because a local politician threatened to secede from Georgia if the state did not secede from the Union. The county passed a resolution in 1945 to officially join the Union, 80 years after the end of the Civil War.