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<p>SACRAMENTO (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger unveiled the design of California's new quarter Monday, which shows conservationist John Muir, a California condor and Yosemite National Park's Half Dome mountain on the coin's tails side.</p> <p>The quarter commemorates California's Sept. 9, 1850, entry into the United States, and is the 31st 25-cent coin to be unveiled as part of a 10-year, 50-state quarters program conducted by the U.S. Mint. States reveal their quarters in honor of the order in which they ratified the U.S. Constitution and joined the union.</p>

<p>SACRAMENTO (AP) - A drawing showing a Gold Rush miner, a redwood tree and a bear was the most popular design among Californians who participated in an Internet poll on what the state's commemorative quarter should look like.</p> <p>Running a close second was a scene that includes the Golden Gate Bridge, the Hollywood sign, palm trees and redwoods, state librarian Kevin Starr said Tuesday.</p>