Not 1896.
Not Utah.
Please check the rest of the quarters in your pocket change. Every single one of the billions of state quarters issued in the last 10 years has 2 dates on it - the date the coin was minted, and the date its state entered the Union. Your coin was struck in 2007. 1896 is the year Utah became a state.
Also, it was made in either Philadelphia (a "P" next to the bow in Washington's wig) or Denver ("D"), not Utah. There's no mint in Utah.
Utah became a state on January 4, 1896 and was the 45th state.
Utah became a state in 1896.
37 States and no Utah was not at state in the year 1869. It became a state in the year 1896
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Utah became a state in 1896.
On January 4, 1896, Utah became the 45th state. The new government officially started two days later on January 6, 1896.
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Utah became the 45th state admitted to the U.S. on January 4, 1896.
The 45th state, Utah, was admitted on January 4, 1896
In 1896 a penny was worth a penny. If you have a penny dated 1896 then it is worth more than that.