The new Glacier National Park quarter, seventh issue of the series and the second design for 2011, is now in circulation. On Wednesday, April 13, 2011, the official launch ceremony for the new Glacier quarter took place at the Columbia Falls High School in Columbia Falls, MT. Nicknamed Gateway to Glacier National Park, this town […]
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Olympic National Park Quarter Design Finalized
December 19, 2010 – 9:48 pm
The U.S. Mint announced the official design for the Olympic National Park quarter on Wednesday, December 1, 2010. This beautiful reverse shows a Roosevelt elk by the Hoh River with Mount Olympus in the background. As the third issue in the 2011 series, the Olympic coin will be released after the Glacier National Park quarter. […]
Glacier National Park Quarter Design Finalized
December 19, 2010 – 9:37 pm
On Wednesday, December 1, 2010, the U.S. Mint announced the final design for the Glacier National Park quarters. These beautiful reverses will show the northeast slope of Mount Reynolds in the background and a mountain goat on the craggy hillside. As the second issue in the 2011 series, the coin will be released after the […]
Gettysburg Quarter Design Finalized
December 19, 2010 – 9:15 pm
The final approved design for the sixth National Park quarter was announced on December 1, 2010. The reverse of the first 2011 quarter, honoring Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania (established in 1895), features the 72nd Pennsylvania Infantry Monument. Inscriptions on the coin’s reverse include the name of the site (GETTYSBURG), its location (PENNSYLVANIA), the […]
