Category Archives: Yellowstone National Park

2010 Yellowstone National Park Quarter released from U.S. Mint

The second issue of the America’s National Park Quarter series, featuring Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, was released by the U.S. Mint on June 1, 2010. The new quarter series of 2010-2021 will honor a national park or historic site in each of the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the 5 U.S. territories. […]

Yellowstone Quarter Design Finalized

The final approved design for the 2nd National Park quarter was selected from several candidate designs and announced at a special ceremony in Washington, D.C. on March 24, 2010. The reverse of the second new 2010 quarter, honoring Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, depicts the famous Old Faithful geyser with a bison in the foreground. […]

Yellowstone National Park featured 2nd in National Park Quarter series

Yellowstone National Park, primarily in Wyoming with small portions in Idaho and Montana, was established as a national park in 1872. The largest park in the lower 48 states, it contains over half the world’s geothermal features including geysers, hot springs, fumaroles, and mudpots. The most famous of Yellowstone’s over 300 geysers is Old Faithful, […]

Candidate designs for new 2010 Yellowstone National Park Quarter

Yellowstone National Park, established in 1872, holds the honor of being America’s first national park, and the second National Park commemorative series quarter. In September 2009, both the Commission of Fine Arts and Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee reviewed designs for the reverse of this new commemorative and submitted recommendations to Treasury officials. The Yellowstone National […]