+succotash Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 (edited) North and South Dakota became states on November 2, 1889. We happened to notice that both souvenirs are identified as "39 of 50". Was this an intentional tie with no "40 of 50" or an oversight? Wikipedia and Infoplease ( and the U.S. Mint) recognize North Dakota as 39 and South Dakota 40. Edited January 22, 2011 by succotash Quote Link to comment
+sbell111 Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 North and South Dakota became states on November 2, 1889. We happened to notice that both souvenirs are identified as "39 of 50". Was this an intentional tie with no "40 of 50" or an oversight? Wikipedia and Infoplease ( and the U.S. Mint) recognize North Dakota as 39 and South Dakota 40. It would not surprise me to find that there is no #40. Quote Link to comment
+JYoungman Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 The listing of both Dakotas as 39 out of 50 is deliberate, in recognition of the fact that the two were to join the union at once, and that the documents which actually admitted them were obscured during signing such that it is not known which technically was admitted first. Quote Link to comment
+Harry Dolphin Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 I applaud you for this, JYoungman! Good going! The obfuscation was deliberate, so no one would ever know. Shows how little Wikipedia knows. Quote Link to comment
+succotash Posted January 25, 2011 Author Share Posted January 25, 2011 Thank you for the clarification! Quote Link to comment
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