Category Archives: State

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 […]

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Candidate designs for new 2011 Olympic National Park Quarter

November 29, 2010 – 12:12 pm

Four designs for reverse of the 2011 Olympic National Park quarter were submitted to the Citizen’s Coinage Advisory Committee early in 2010. The committee viewed four designs and selected the one with a Roosevelt elk about to cross the Hoh River with Mt. Olympus in the background. Members also liked the design featuring a coastal […]

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Olympic National Park featured 8th in National Park Quarter series

November 29, 2010 – 12:03 pm

Washington’s Olympic National Park is 1,441 sq. miles and includes miles of coastal beaches, old growth forests and glacial mountain peaks. Because of its old growth woodlands, the park serves as a refuge for many endangered species. It is one of the last large tracts of primeval forest in the lower 48 states. In 1897, […]

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Candidate designs for new 2011 Glacier National Park Quarter

November 22, 2010 – 11:42 am

Early in 2010, the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee reviewed three candidate designs for reverse of the 2011 Glacier National Park quarter. For the first time ever, the committee gave its highest marks to the designs for Glacier National and Olympic National Parks. The favored Glacier designs show a mountain goat in the foreground with a […]

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Glacier National Park featured 7th in National Park Quarter series

November 22, 2010 – 11:09 am

Located in Montana and covering over 1 million acres, Glacier National Park offers a combination of glacier-carved mountains, deep lakes, abundant wildlife, and active glaciers. Through the efforts of conservationists and George Grinnell, in 1897 the area became protected, and a national park in 1910. It will be featured on the 2011 National Park quarters, […]

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