• "Hawai`i's new bling," Honolulu Star-Bulletin, October 15, 2008
• "Release of Hawai`i coin in November ends popular state quarter program," Honolulu Advertiser, October 14, 2008
• "Hawai`i, Final State Quarter, Struck At Denver Mint," CBS-4 Denver, October 14, 2008
• View a video from CBS-4 Denver.
• View a photo gallery on the Honolulu Advertiser website.

The Hawai`i quarter design, entitled "Hawai`i, the Island State," depicts the King Kamehameha I statue on the right side of the coin, with his hand stretching toward the eight main Hawaiian islands. The State motto, "Ua mau ke ea o ka `aina i ka pono" (The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness), is in the lower left side of the coin. At the top of the coin are the words "Hawai`i" and the year "1959," when Hawai`i was admitted to the Union. "E Pluribus Unum" (Out of the many, one) is at the bottom.

"It's our vision for Hawai`i's future and it shows our respect for all the land," Governor Lingle said of the Hawai`i commemorative quarter. "It also shows that although there are many islands, we're united as a state."

The quarter will be released into general circulation on November 10 and officials expect approximately 520 million Hawai`i quarters will be produced.

The coin is being released as Hawai`i is commemorating its 50th anniversary of statehood.

The process to select Hawai`i's quarter design began in February 2006 when Governor Lingle convened a 36-member commission that included individuals from across the state, representative of Hawai`i's diversity.

The Commission solicited the public's input and invited people to submit themes and concepts that it used to develop five narratives that were submitted to the U.S. Mint, which returned actual designs approved by the Secretary of the Treasury. The Commission invited the public to vote for their favorite design in an online poll. Governor Lingle made the final selection in April 2007, based on recommendations from the Advisory Commission and results from the online poll.