Acadia National Park Quarter Design
The final approved design for the 13th National Park quarter was announced in early December, 2011.
The reverse of the third 2012 quarter, honoring Acadia National Park in Maine (established in 1916), features the Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse along some of the park’s famed rocky coastline.
Inscriptions on the coin’s reverse include the name of the site (ACADIA), its location (MAINE), the coin’s year of issue (2012), and the motto E PLURIBUS UNUM. The obverse features a restored version of the George Washington portrait introduced on U.S. quarters in 1932.
