Hot Springs National Park Quarter
The final approved design for the first National Park quarter was announced on March 24, 2010 at a special ceremony in Washington, D.C.
The reverse of the first new 2010 quarter, honoring Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas as the nation’s first federally protected area (established in 1832), features the facade of the national park’s Visitor’s Center with a fountain in the foreground. The Visitor’s Center is within the historic Fordyce Bathhouse, a Spanish colonial revival-style structure completed in 1936.
Inscriptions on the coin’s reverse include the name of the site – HOT SPRINGS, its location – ARKANSAS, the coin’s year of issue – 2010, and the motto E PLURIBUS UNUM. The obverse side features a restored version of the George Washington portrait introduced on U.S. quarters in 1932.
The Hot Springs quarters will be followed by other 2010 quarters honoring Yellowstone National Park, Yosemite National Park, Grand Canyon National Park, and Mt. Hood National Forest.
