The 9th issue and fourth 2011 design of the America’s National Park Quarters Series, featuring Vicksburg National Military Park in Mississippi, was released by the U.S. Mint on August 30, 2011 at the park’s headquarters. The popular 2010-2021 quarter series is honoring a national park or historic site in each of the 50 states, D.C. […]
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2011 Vicksburg Quarter Design Finalized
December 17, 2010 – 11:28 am
The approved design for the fourth 2011 National Park quarter, featuring Vicksburg National Military Park in Mississippi, was announced on December 1, 2010 by the United States Mint. The reverse of the Vicksburg quarter, 9th issue in the series, depicts the Union ironclad gunboat U.S.S. Cairo on the Mississippi River – showcasing the significance of […]
Candidate designs for 2011 Vicksburg National Military Park Quarter
December 9, 2010 – 1:30 pm
The U.S. Mint presented four finalist designs for the 2011 Vicksburg National Military Park quarter to the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee, the Commission of Fine Arts, the Secretary of the Interior, and the state of Mississippi for consideration. Vicksburg and the park are located on a prominent bend of the Mississippi River, and the capture […]
Vicksburg National Military Park is featured on 9th National Park Quarter
December 9, 2010 – 12:46 pm
Strategically located on the Mississippi River, Vicksburg was the site of a pivotal Civil War siege by Union General Ulysses S. Grant from May 18 to July 4, 1863. The surrender of Vicksburg, MS (coupled with the fall of Port Hudson, LA a week later) gave control of the Mississippi River to Union forces and […]
