The third 2012 issue of the National Park Quarter series, featuring Acadia National Park in Maine, was released by the U.S. Mint on June 12, 2012. The National Park quarter series of 2010-2021 honors a national park or historic site in each of the 50 states, D.C. and the 5 U.S. territories.
The reverse design of the 2012 Acadia quarter depicts the Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse along some of the park’s famed rocky coastline. The obverse bears a smaller restored version of the original George Washington portrait introduced on U.S. quarters in 1932. Add the new Acadia quarters to your collection.