The Front of the Bill pictures New Mexico's first governor, William Calhoun McDonald, and the bill's denomination, 1912, is the year of admission to the Union as the 47th state. The serial number has the actual date of admission, 01/06/1912 encoded within NM, the state's abbreviation. Santa Fe, NM is shown as the capital city. The Back of the Bill shows the Roadrunner as the state bird, the Pinyon Pine as the state tree, the Yucca Flower as the state flower, and the Black Bear as the state animal. The U.S. Commemorative Quarter Dollar for the State of New Mexico is pictured, and the state motto, The Land of Enchantment, is mentioned.