Candidate Designs for new 2019 Lowell National Historical Park Quarter
The U.S. Mint commissioned its artists to create candidate designs for the Lowell quarter; 18 were reviewed for accuracy, edited, finalized and presented to the Mint in September 2017. The Citizen Coinage Advisory Committee selected the design featuring a female textile worker holding a threaded spindle and the Commission of Fine Arts selected the design showing a female textile worker at a loom powered by a bobbin battery. Additional input from Lowell National Historical Park and the Governor of Massachusetts were also considered.
Located northwest of Boston, the Lowell National Historical Park covers 137 acres along the Merrimack River where visitors can experience six miles of canals, mills, a boardinghouse, churches and ethnic neighborhoods.
