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Everglades National Park Quarter design finalized

May 21, 2014 – 11:11 am

In November of 2013, the U.S. Mint revealed the final design for Florida’s Everglades National Park quarter. As the fifth release for 2014, this beautiful quarter will feature the Anhinga bird with outstretched wings and a Roseate Spoonbill in the background. Both of these unusual birds call the Everglades home. The dark-colored Anhinga lives in […]

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Candidate designs for new 2014 Everglades National Park Quarter

May 12, 2014 – 12:40 pm

In November 2012, the Citizen’s Coinage Advisory Committee and the Commission of Fine Arts reviewed designs for the reverse of the 2014 Everglades National Park quarter. A total of 6 designs were submitted, and five of them featured wildlife found within the park. Four showed birds and the fifth featured the alligator/crocodile. The sixth coin […]

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Great Sand Dunes National Park Quarter design finalized

May 5, 2014 – 11:57 am

In November of 2013, the U.S. Mint revealed the final design for the Great Sand Dunes National Park quarter. As the fourth release for 2014, this beautiful quarter will feature the sand dunes of this Colorado park, along with a mountain in the background, and father and son playing in the sand by the water […]

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5th National Park Quarter of 2014 features Everglades National Park

April 30, 2014 – 11:29 am

Everglades National Park spans 1.5 million acres across Florida’s tip, and includes Florida Bay. It is the largest park east of the Rockies and the third largest (after Yellowstone and Death Valley) in the lower 48 states. Established in 1947, this park is unusual because it was created to preserve natural habitat and ecosystems for […]

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Great Sand Dunes National Park quarter candidate designs

April 23, 2014 – 8:55 am

In the fall of 2012, the Citizen’s Coinage Advisory Committee and the Commission of Fine Arts reviewed five designs for the reverse of the 2014 Great Sand Dunes National Park quarter. All seven designs featured the dunes with mountains in the background. Three of the seven designs showed people enjoying the park’s natural beauty. Humans […]

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