Located atop Cedar Hill in southeast Washington, D.C., the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site overlooks the U.S. Capitol. The Victorian mansion, Cedar Hill, was once Frederick Douglass’ home. If you visit today, about 70% of the items found inside once belonged to Douglass himself. It was there that the famed abolitionist edited and published the […]
Category Archives: 2017 National Park Quarters
2nd National Park Quarter of 2017 features Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
February 23, 2017 – 12:02 pm
2017 Effigy Mounds National Monument Quarter released
February 16, 2017 – 9:22 am
The new 2017 Effigy Mounds National Monument quarter, 36th issue of the National Park quarter series and first of five new 2017 designs, is now in circulation. The official launch ceremony for the Effigy Mounds quarter was held on Tuesday, February 7, 2017 at the Allamakee Community School in nearby Waukon, Iowa. After the ceremony, […]
Effigy Mounds National Monument quarter design finalized
February 7, 2017 – 7:55 am
On September 1, 2016, the U.S. Mint announced the final design for the Effigy Mounds National Monument quarter, the first of five new 2017 National Park quarter designs. The reverse of the Effigy Mounds quarter will feature an overhead view of the National Monument’s signature “Marching Bear Group” – consisting of ten bear-shaped mounds and three […]
Candidate designs for the new 2017 Effigy Mounds National Monument Quarter
January 30, 2017 – 12:04 pm
The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC), Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) and representatives of Effigy Mounds National Monument in Iowa considered a large number of candidate designs for the reverse of the 2017 Effigy Mounds quarter. The portrayal of the animal-shaped mounds on a coin presented a considerable challenge, and the U.S. Mint’s first round […]
Effigy Mounds National Monument in Iowa featured 36th in National Park Quarter Series
January 25, 2017 – 12:26 pm
Comprising over 2,500 acres in northeastern Iowa, Effigy Mounds National Monument has preserved more than 200 earthen mounds created by Native American tribes from about 500 B.C. until the 18th century, the time of European settlement in the area. Many of the mysterious mounds are effigies (images) of animals – most commonly bears and birds […]
