Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge quarter design
In the summer of 2014, the U.S. Mint revealed the final design for Delaware’s Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge quarter. As the fourth release for 2015, this beautiful quarter will feature the Great Blue Heron in the foreground and Egret in the background. The Great Blue Heron can be found year around in the park’s meadows and wetlands.
Standing about 3 to 4½ feet tall, Great Blue Herons are expert fishers. They wait patiently until fish come in range of their long necks and then quickly thrust their sharp bills into the water to spear them. These interesting birds live in colonies and usually nest in tall trees, but they can also be found in low shrubs or on the ground, if an area is predator-free.
Joel Iskowitz created the quarter’s reverse design and Phebe Hemphill sculpted it. The inscriptions read: name of the site, bombay hook, delaware; year of issue, 2015; and the motto, e pluribus unum.
This handsome quarter goes with the 1999 Delaware Statehood Quarter, which also featured Delaware, the park’s home state. As 29th in the series overall, the Bombay Hook quarter will be the fourth coin for 2015.
