The new Bombay Hook quarter was released September 14th. On Sept. 18th, the official launch ceremony took place at the visitor center in Smyrna, Delaware.
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2015 Bombay Hook National Park Quarter launch ceremony at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center
September 24, 2015 – 7:09 am
Saratoga Historical Park is featured 30th in National Park Quarter Series
August 31, 2015 – 9:33 am
Saratoga National Historical Park in New York commemorates the site of the first significant American victory of the Revolutionary War. On October 17, 1777, British General John Burgoyne surrendered his entire army to General Horatio Gates of the Continental Army. The Battle of Saratoga is considered the turning point of the American Revolution – renewing […]
Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge quarter design finalized
July 6, 2015 – 7:56 am
In the summer of 2014, the U.S. Mint revealed the final design for Delaware’s Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge quarter. As the fourth release for 2015, this beautiful quarter will feature the Great Blue Heron in the foreground and Egret in the background. The Great Blue Heron can be found year around in the park’s […]
2015 Blue Ridge Parkway Quarter released at Pack Square Park
June 22, 2015 – 10:04 am
The new Blue Ridge Parkway quarter, 28th issue of the series and the third design for 2015, is now in circulation. On June 25, 2015, the official launch ceremony for the new Blue Ridge quarter took place at the Pack Square Park in Asheville, NC. After the ceremony, a coin exchange was held where attendees […]
Candidate designs for new 2015 Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge Quarter
June 5, 2015 – 9:56 am
In February 2014, the Commission of Fine Arts met to review eight designs for the reverse of the 2015 Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge quarter. All eight designs featured birds in the marshy wetlands. Three of them showed birds in flight as the dominant feature. As a pristine, and one of the largest unaltered tidal […]
