February 16, 2017 – 9:22 am
The new 2017 Effigy Mounds National Monument quarter, 36th issue of the National Park quarter series and first of five new 2017 designs, is now in circulation. The official launch ceremony for the Effigy Mounds quarter was held on Tuesday, February 7, 2017 at the Allamakee Community School in nearby Waukon, Iowa. After the ceremony, […]
February 7, 2017 – 7:55 am
On September 1, 2016, the U.S. Mint announced the final design for the Effigy Mounds National Monument quarter, the first of five new 2017 National Park quarter designs. The reverse of the Effigy Mounds quarter will feature an overhead view of the National Monument’s signature “Marching Bear Group” – consisting of ten bear-shaped mounds and three […]
January 30, 2017 – 12:04 pm
The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC), Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) and representatives of Effigy Mounds National Monument in Iowa considered a large number of candidate designs for the reverse of the 2017 Effigy Mounds quarter. The portrayal of the animal-shaped mounds on a coin presented a considerable challenge, and the U.S. Mint’s first round […]
January 25, 2017 – 12:26 pm
Comprising over 2,500 acres in northeastern Iowa, Effigy Mounds National Monument has preserved more than 200 earthen mounds created by Native American tribes from about 500 B.C. until the 18th century, the time of European settlement in the area. Many of the mysterious mounds are effigies (images) of animals – most commonly bears and birds […]