On July 22, 2015, the U.S. Mint announced the final design for the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park quarters. The reverse shows a frontiersman looking to the west, along with the inscription first doorway to the west. The inscriptions on the coin’s reverse include the name of the site: cumberland gap, the location of the […]
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Candidate designs for new 2016 Cumberland Gap National Historical Park quarters
February 24, 2016 – 10:23 am
In late 2014, both the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee and the Commission of Fine Arts reviewed several candidate designs for the reverse of the 2016 Cumberland Gap National Historic Park quarter. The CCAC was divided among three designs. The first showed an explorer, with the inscription first doorway to the west. Another featured an up-close […]
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park featured 32nd in National Park Quarter series
February 15, 2016 – 12:47 pm
In the early days of American history, a natural break in the Appalachian Mountains opened land west of that chain to settlers of present-day Kentucky. This began in 1775, when Daniel Boone blazed a trail through the Cumberland Gap to create the Wilderness Road. It’s thought that between 1775-1810, an estimated 300,000 people crossed the […]
2016 Shawnee National Forest Quarter released at Southeastern Illinois College
February 12, 2016 – 7:42 am
The new Shawnee quarter, first design for 2016, is now in circulation. The launch ceremony took place at Southeastern Illinois College in Harrisburg, IL.
Shawnee National Forest Quarter design finalized
February 1, 2016 – 11:24 am
On July 22, 2015, the U.S. Mint announced the final design for the Shawnee National Forest quarters. The Shawnee quarter is the 31st in the series overall.
