The new Glacier National Park quarter, seventh issue of the series and the second design for 2011, is now in circulation. On Wednesday, April 13, 2011, the official launch ceremony for the new Glacier quarter took place at the Columbia Falls High School in Columbia Falls, MT. Nicknamed Gateway to Glacier National Park, this town […]
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Glacier National Park Quarter Design Finalized
December 19, 2010 – 9:37 pm
On Wednesday, December 1, 2010, the U.S. Mint announced the final design for the Glacier National Park quarters. These beautiful reverses will show the northeast slope of Mount Reynolds in the background and a mountain goat on the craggy hillside. As the second issue in the 2011 series, the coin will be released after the […]
Candidate designs for new 2011 Glacier National Park Quarter
November 22, 2010 – 11:42 am
Early in 2010, the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee reviewed three candidate designs for reverse of the 2011 Glacier National Park quarter. For the first time ever, the committee gave its highest marks to the designs for Glacier National and Olympic National Parks. The favored Glacier designs show a mountain goat in the foreground with a […]
Glacier National Park featured 7th in National Park Quarter series
November 22, 2010 – 11:09 am
Located in Montana and covering over 1 million acres, Glacier National Park offers a combination of glacier-carved mountains, deep lakes, abundant wildlife, and active glaciers. Through the efforts of conservationists and George Grinnell, in 1897 the area became protected, and a national park in 1910. It will be featured on the 2011 National Park quarters, […]
