In 2018, the U.S. Mint commissioned its artists to create candidate designs for the 2020 National Park in American Samoa quarter. Ten were submitted for review by the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee and the Commission of Fine Arts: three showed a Samoan man in native dress, blowing a conch shell; three showed fruit bats – […]
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National Park of American Samoa featured 51st in National Park Quarter Series
January 15, 2020 – 7:45 am
Located in the South Pacific Ocean – halfway between Hawaii and New Zealand – the National Park of American Samoa is the only U.S. park site located south of the Equator. The park has units on four steep volcanic islands covered by lush rainforests – Ta’ū, Ofu, Olosega and Tutuila, home to American Samoa’s capital […]
New 2019 Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness Quarter released
November 15, 2019 – 9:46 am
The Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness quarter, the 50th issue of the National Park quarter series, is now in circulation. The official launch ceremony for this 5th and final 2019 issue took place on November 6, 2019 at Salmon Junior/Senior High School in Salmon, Idaho. Following the ceremony, a coin exchange was held […]
2019 San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Quarter released
September 4, 2019 – 11:18 am
The new San Antonio Missions National Historical Park quarter, 49th in the series and fourth of five to debut in 2019, is in circulation as of August 26. Included among those quarters issued by the Denver and Philadelphia Mints are some of the 2 million San Antonio Missions quarters struck at the West Point Mint. […]
Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness Quarter design finalized
July 11, 2019 – 8:20 am
The U.S. Mint announced the final design for the reverse of the 2019 Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness quarter on August 14, 2018 at the American Numismatic Association’s World’s Fair of Money in Philadelphia. Featuring the 5th and final new National Park quarter design for 2019, the River of No Return quarter will […]
