Gov. Zell Miller’s selection features a state outline enclosing a peach, with a banner of the state motto "WISDOM, JUSTICE, MODERATION" and a border of live oak sprigs. Georgia is known as the "Peach State."

Miller asked the state's Council for the Arts to recommend designs. Five designs were sent to Washington to be reviewed by the Citizens Commemorative Coin Advisory Committee, the Commission of Fine Arts and Treasury offices in May 1998, and Miller selected the winning design based on their recommendations. It was one of several designs with similar themes of the peach and state outline.