Tag Archives: 2015

Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge quarter design finalized

In the summer of 2014, the U.S. Mint revealed the final design for Delaware’s Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge quarter. As the fourth release for 2015, this beautiful quarter will feature the Great Blue Heron in the foreground and Egret in the background. The Great Blue Heron can be found year around in the park’s […]

2015 Blue Ridge Parkway Quarter released at Pack Square Park

The new Blue Ridge Parkway quarter, 28th issue of the series and the third design for 2015, is now in circulation. On June 25, 2015, the official launch ceremony for the new Blue Ridge quarter took place at the Pack Square Park in Asheville, NC. After the ceremony, a coin exchange was held where attendees […]

Candidate designs for new 2015 Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge Quarter

In February 2014, the Commission of Fine Arts met to review eight designs for the reverse of the 2015 Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge quarter. All eight designs featured birds in the marshy wetlands. Three of them showed birds in flight as the dominant feature. As a pristine, and one of the largest unaltered tidal […]

4th National Park Quarter of 2015 features Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge

Located about 10 miles from Dover, Delaware, the Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge provides critical habitat for birds migrating between the Gulf of Mexico and Canada. Bombay Hook covers 16,000 acres and was established in 1937. Thanks to monies received from the Federal Duck Stamp program, which sells stamps to hunters, stamp collectors and conservationists, […]

2015 Kisatchie National Forest Quarter released at the Alexandria Riverfront Center

The new Kisatchie National Forest quarter, 27th issue of the series and the second design for 2015, is now in circulation. On April 22, 2015, the official launch ceremony for the new Kisatchie quarter took place at the Alexandria Riverfront Center in Alexandria, LA. After the ceremony, a coin exchange was held where attendees were able […]