The U.S. Mint commissioned its artists to create candidate designs for the Lowell quarter; 18 were reviewed for accuracy, edited, finalized and presented to the Mint in September 2017. The Citizen Coinage Advisory Committee selected the design featuring a female textile worker holding a threaded spindle and the Commission of Fine Arts selected the design […]
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Lowell National Historical Park featured on 46th National Park Quarter
January 17, 2019 – 12:26 pm
Founded in the 1820s as a planned manufacturing center for textiles, Lowell, Massachusetts is located along the Merrimack River rapids, 25 miles northwest of Boston. The Lowell National Historical Park covers 137 acres where visitors can see the hydro dam and nearly six miles of canals that harnessed the river’s energy; the mills where cloth was produced; a boardinghouse […]
2018 Block Island National Wildlife Refuge Quarter released in Rhode Island
November 9, 2018 – 3:21 pm
The new Block Island National Wildlife Refuge quarter, 45th issue of the National Park quarter series and 5th and final design for 2018, is now in circulation. The U.S. Mint’s official launch ceremony took place in the Block Island National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center in Charlestown, Rhode Island on Thursday, November 15. After the ceremony, […]
2018 Cumberland Island National Seashore Quarter released at local High School
September 10, 2018 – 9:19 am
The new Cumberland Island National Seashore quarter, 44th issue of the series and the fourth design for 2018, is now in circulation. On August 30, 2018, the official launch ceremony for the new Cumberland Island quarter took place in the Camden County High School Auditorium, which is located in Kingsland, Georgia. After the ceremony, a […]
Block Island National Wildlife Refuge Quarter Design Finalized
August 20, 2018 – 2:03 pm
The U.S. Mint announced the final design for the 2018 Block Island National Wildlife Refuge quarter on August 1, 2017 at the American Numismatic Association’s World’s Fair of Money in Denver. Featuring the 5th and final new National Park quarter design for 2018, the Block Island coin will depict a black-crowned night-heron flying above the […]
