San Antonio Missions quarter design
On August 14, 2018, the U.S. Mint announced the final design for the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park quarter at the American Numismatic Association’s World’s Fair of Money in Philadelphia.
The reverse shows elements of the Spanish Colonial Real coin used to pay tribute to the missions. Within the quadrants are symbols of the missions: wheat for farming; the arches and bell for community; a lion representing Spanish cultural heritage, and a symbol of the San Antonio River representing irrigation methods and life-sustaining resources. The inscriptions on the coin’s reverse include the name and location of the site: San Antonio, Texas; the year of issue: 2019, and the motto: e pluribus unum.
This handsome quarter is a perfect match for the 2000 Statehood quarter, which also featured Texas, the park’s home state. 49th in the series overall, the San Antonio Missions quarter will be followed by a design honoring the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness in Idaho.
