The new Harpers Ferry National Historical Park quarter, third issue of 2016 and 33rd in the series, was released on June 8th and will soon enter circulation. The official launch ceremony for the new quarter took place at the Harpers Ferry National Historic Park in Lower Town Historic District of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. With […]
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2016 Harpers Ferry National Historical Park Quarter launch ceremony at historic site
June 15, 2016 – 8:44 am
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park quarter design finalized
May 24, 2016 – 8:09 am
In August of 2015, the U.S. Mint revealed the final design for Harpers Ferry National Historical Park quarter. As the third release for 2016, this beautiful quarter features the building once known as Harpers Ferry Amory guard and firehouse, the site of John Brown’s last stand. Early in the morning on October 17, 1859, Brown […]
Candidate designs for 2016 Harpers Ferry National Historical Park quarter
May 19, 2016 – 9:27 am
In September 2014, the Commission of Fine Arts met to review eight designs for the reverse of the 2016 Harpers Ferry National Historical Park quarter. All designs varied: Two showed a hand holding a rifle with waves in the foreground, two showed John Brown’s Fort, three showed Jefferson Rock and the last, a birds-eye view […]
3rd National Park Quarter of 2016 features Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
April 19, 2016 – 9:40 am
Located at the junction of the Shenandoah and Potomac rivers that encircle the town is Harpers Ferry National Historical Park. The park’s main attraction is John Brown’s Fort. The building, found in Arsenal Square of the historic Lower Town, was once an armory guard and firehouse. This was where John Brown, along with his followers, […]
