Category Archives: South Dakota

2013 Mount Rushmore Quarter released at Custer (SD) High School

The new 2013 Mount Rushmore National Memorial quarter was released for circulation at a November 6, 2013 launch ceremony at National Guard Armory in Custer, South Dakota – located a few miles from the National Memorial. At a coin exchange following the ceremony, cash could be exchanged for $10 rolls of the new coins. Designed […]

Mount Rushmore National Memorial Quarter design is finalized

On December 10, 2012, the U.S. Mint revealed the final design for the Mount Rushmore National Memorial quarter – fifth and final new 2013 quarter design and 20th issue overall in the 2010-2021 National Park series. The reverse for the 2013 Mount Rushmore Quarter was inspired by photos of workers adding final details to the […]

Candidate designs for the new 2013 Mount Rushmore National Memorial Quarter

In the fall of 2011, the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee and the Commission of Fine Arts reviewed candidate designs for the 2013 Mount Rushmore National Memorial Quarter. Design proposals SD-02 and SD-03 featured the sculpture under construction with wooden staging and with workmen in bosun chairs suspended from steel cables. Candidate design SD-01 offered an […]

Mount Rushmore National Memorial honored on 20th National Park Quarter

Featured on the 20th issue of the 2010-2021 National Park Quarter series, the Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a colossal mountain sculpture in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Completed in 1941, the memorial features 60-foot images of four U.S. presidents chosen for their roles in the “foundation, expansion and preservation” of the nation: George […]