The U.S. Mint presented 5 finalist designs for the first new 2012 National Park quarter featuring El Yunque National Forest, located on the U.S. Territorial island of Puerto Rico and the only tropical rainforest in the U.S. National Forest System. Two of the designs feature a waterfall, two others focus on exotic wildlife indigenous to […]
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First 2012 National Park Quarter features Puerto Rico’s El Yunque National Forest
January 10, 2012 – 1:27 pm
The first 2012 issue of America’s National Park quarter series features El Yunque National Forest, located on the U.S. Territorial island of Puerto Rico. Established as a national site in 1903, El Yunque is the only tropical rain forest in the U.S. National Forest system. Containing Puerto Rico’s rugged Luquillo Mountains, the 26,000-acre site offers a year-round […]
2011 Vicksburg National Military Park Quarter released by the U.S. Mint
August 29, 2011 – 12:00 pm
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. […]
2011 Olympic National Park Quarter released at Port Angeles City Pier
June 13, 2011 – 8:39 pm
The new Olympic National Park quarter, the eighth issue of the series, and third design for 2011, is now in circulation. On Tuesday, June 14, 2011, the official launch ceremony for the new Olympic quarter took place at the City Pier in Port Angeles, Washington. Port Angeles is the largest city on the Olympic peninsula […]
