Four candidate designs for the reverse of the first 2011 National Park quarter were submitted to the U.S. Treasury, the Commission of Fine Arts, and the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee for consideration. Scheduled for release in early 2011, the sixth coin in the series will honor Gettysburg National Military Park. All four proposed designs feature […]
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Candidate designs for new 2011 Gettysburg National Military Park Quarter
November 19, 2010 – 10:16 pm
Gettysburg National Military Park honored sixth in National Park Quarter series
November 19, 2010 – 10:07 pm
Located in south-central Pennsylvania, Gettysburg National Military Park honors the soldiers who fought in the battle that history remembers as the turning point of the Civil War. Named a federally protected site in 1895, Gettysburg is the sixth site featured in the 2010-2021 National Park Quarter series. From July 1-3, 1863, Union and Confederate forces […]
2010 Grand Canyon National Park Quarter is released from the U.S. Mint
September 14, 2010 – 9:54 am
The 4th issue of the America’s National Park commemorative quarter series, featuring Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona, is scheduled to be released by the U.S. Mint on September 20, 2010. The new National Park series of 2010-2021 will honor a national park or historic site in each of the 50 states, D.C., and the […]
2010 Yosemite National Park Quarter released at the Yosemite Valley Visitor Center
August 3, 2010 – 1:10 pm
The new Yosemite National Park quarter, third issue of the series, is now in circulation. On Thursday July 29, 2010, the official launch ceremony for the new Yosemite quarter took place at the Yosemite Valley Visitor Center in California. Over a thousand people attended. Speakers included U.S. Mint Director Ed Moy and the Yosemite National […]
