Gov. Bill Richardson and the U.S. Mint's director Edmond Moy will unveil the new New Mexico quarter at a ceremony in the state Capitol Rotunda at 11 a.m. Monday, April 7, according to a news release from the Governor's Office.

That means the state Capitol in Santa Fe will be the first place in America where citizens can purchase the new quarter, and children under 18 will get one free, according to the news release.

New Mexico's quarter will be the 47th released in the U.S. Mint's Fifty State Quarters Program, which was launched in 1999, according to KOB-TV.

New Mexico was the 47th state admitted to the union in 1912, and states that joined the United States after New Mexico -- Arizona, Alaska and Hawaii -- will have their official state quarters released later this year, finishing up with the release of the Hawaii quarter at year's end, according to KOB-TV.

The Zia symbol superimposed on the topography of the state on the "tails" side of the quarter was the design chosen among roughly 1,000 submissions to the New Mexico Coin Commission (pdf download), Eyewitness News 4 reported. 

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