The new Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park quarter, 54th in the series and fourth to debut in 2020, is in circulation as of August 31. Located in Woodstock, VT, the working farm and woodlands opened as a national park in 1998. Its mission of land stewardship is the legacy of three distinct generations of owners. It […]
Category Archives: Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park
2020 Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park Quarter Released
October 30, 2020 – 12:45 pm
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park Quarter Design Finalized
October 28, 2020 – 3:57 pm
On August 13, 2019, the U.S. Mint announced the final design for the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park quarter at the American Numismatic Association’s World’s Fair of Money in Rosemont, IL. Chosen was Donna Weaver’s design showing a young girl completing the planting of a Norway spruce seedling near an established tree. The reverse design is […]
Candidate Designs for new 2020 Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historic Park Quarter
September 19, 2020 – 9:00 am
In 2018, the U.S. Mint commissioned its artists to create candidate designs for the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park in Woodstock, VT. Eleven were reviewed for accuracy, edited, finalized, and then presented to the Citizen Coinage Advisory Committee and Commission of Fine Arts. Two reverse designs featured a sugar maple sapling being planted by a pair […]
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park featured in 54th National Park Quarter Series
September 18, 2020 – 9:25 am
Located in Woodstock, VT, the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park is devoted to land stewardship. Its mission originated with George Perkins Marsh born here in 1801. A young George witnessed the deforestation and erosion of Mount Tom located behind the family’s farm due to the era’s fast-moving lumber industry and a growing nation’s need for construction […]
