Category Archives: 2013

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 […]

2013 Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine Quarter is released

The new 2013 Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine quarter was released into circulation during August. The fourth of five new 2013 designs, and 19th issue of the National Park quarter series, the new quarter portrays Fort McHenry during its annual Defenders’ Day celebration. The fireworks symbolize “the bombs bursting in air” at the […]

2013 Great Basin National Park Quarter released at Baker, NV

The new Great Basin National Park Quarter, the eighteenth issue of the series, and third design for 2013, will soon be in circulation. On Thursday, June 20th, the official launch ceremony for the new Great Basin quarter will take place at the National Park Visitor Center in Baker, Nevada. Baker, NV, has about 65 year-round […]

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 […]