Everglades National Park quarter candidate designs
In November 2012, the Citizen’s Coinage Advisory Committee and the Commission of Fine Arts reviewed designs for the reverse of the 2014 Everglades National Park quarter. A total of 6 designs were submitted, and five of them featured wildlife found within the park. Four showed birds and the fifth featured the alligator/crocodile. The sixth coin depicted a Native American standing in a dugout recalling the park’s importance to the indigenous people.
The Everglade’s distinct landscape and waterways support a diverse group of plants, animals, birds, and reptiles. There are over 40 different mammals ranging from raccoons, opossums and white tailed deer to Florida panthers, bats and armadillos. Also, more than 50 reptiles can be found: snakes, alligators and crocodiles, lizards, geckos and turtles. It’s no wonder the candidate designs for the 5th National Park quarter of 2014 choose to highlight the creatures that inhabit this wonderful wilderness park.
