Category Archives: Arizona

2010 Grand Canyon National Park Quarter is released from the U.S. Mint

The 4th issue of the America’s National Park commemorative quarter series, featuring Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona, is scheduled to be released by the U.S. Mint on September 20, 2010. The new National Park series of 2010-2021 will honor a national park or historic site in each of the 50 states, D.C., and the […]

Grand Canyon Quarter Design Finalized

The final approved design for the 4th National Park quarter was selected from several candidate designs and announced at a special ceremony in Washington, D.C. on March 24, 2010. Honoring Arizona’s Grand Canyon National Park, the coin’s reverse features a dramatic view of the Colorado River passing ancient Nankoweap granaries. Around A.D. 500, native Puebloans […]

Grand Canyon National Park featured 4th in National Park Quarter series

Arizona’s Grand Canyon National Park – which was first given federal protection in 1893, and achieved its official status in 1919 – is the 4th site to be honored in the 2010-2021 National Park Quarter series. Host to an array of activities like hiking, camping, and rafting, the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring glimpse into […]

Candidate designs for new 2010 Grand Canyon National Park Quarter

Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona, designated a National Forest Reserve in 1893, will be honored on the reverse of the fourth 2010 National Park quarter. In September 2009, both the Commission of Fine Arts and Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee reviewed designs for the reverse of this new commemorative and submitted recommendations to Treasury officials. […]