Everglades National Park quarter design
In November of 2013, the U.S. Mint revealed the final design for Florida’s Everglades National Park quarter. As the fifth release for 2014, this beautiful quarter will feature the Anhinga bird with outstretched wings and a Roseate Spoonbill in the background.
Both of these unusual birds call the Everglades home. The dark-colored Anhinga lives in fresh water marshes where it can be seen diving and swimming after fish. It is also known as the Snakebird because its long neck and head are the only things you see sticking out of the water as it swims.
The pink-colored Roseate Spoonbill is often confused with the Flamingo. Using its odd-shaped bill like a spoon, this distinctive wading bird moves its head from side to side in shallow water catching small fish, insects and crustaceans, and swallowing them.
Joel Iskowitz created the quarter’s reverse design and Joseph Menna engraved it. The inscriptions read, name of the site: everglades, florida, year of issue: 2014 and the motto: e pluribus unum.
This handsome quarter is a perfect match for the 2004 Statehood Quarter which also featured Florida, the park’s home state. As 25th in the series overall, the Everglades quarter will be the fifth coin for 2014.
