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Message:: [QUOTE="Kasia, post: 3563514, member: 31533"]It is only used twice. The Geo. Washington obverse does not list a state name. Of the two, Hawaii, without the okina, is the 50th state. As such, you see that along the left edge on the reverse (the eight o'clock position), which is where all these states/territories are named for each of the America The Beautiful Quarters. As far as Hawai'i Volcanoes, the most famous active volcanoe of Mauna Loa and Kilauea as well as the less recently volcanic Mauna Kea are on the island of Hawai'i (one island, a.k.a. "the Big Island" - consists of five volcanoes) in the state of Hawaii (comprised of eight main/large islands and many small ones). Although for a long time the island of Hawai'i was spelled as Hawaii, it is more common now to spell the actual island's name correctly based on the Hawaiian language (at least in that state). The one big problem with officially recognizing the entire state (eight islands) as Hawai'i is because the Hawaii Admission Act which gave it statehood did not use the more current (and native) spelling. There seems to be no precident for officially (or preferentially) changing the official spelling of a state's name, but more leeway in preferentially using more currently favored spellings of features such as islands.[/QUOTE]