The U.S. Mint commissioned its artists to create candidate designs for the San Antonio Missions quarter; 15 were reviewed for accuracy, edited, finalized and presented to the Mint in September 2017.
Among those 15 designs, five featured mission bell towers. Three proposals made a bell the central focus of the coin’s reverse. Two designs emphasized architectural details. Six included water symbols in a nod to Piedras Creek which flowed along an aqueduct to irrigate Mission San Francisco de Espada’s farmland. One design illustrated a figure hoeing the ground with cattle in the background.
Candidate Designs for new 2019 San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Quarter
