The new Arches National Park quarter, 23rd issue of the series and the third design for 2014, is now in circulation. On June 6, 2014, the official launch ceremony for the new Arches quarter took place at the Arches National Park Visitor Center in Moab, UT. After the ceremony, a coin exchange was held where […]
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Arches National Park Quarter design finalized
April 10, 2014 – 12:08 pm
On November 12, 2013, the U.S. Mint announced the final design for the Arches National Park quarters. These beautiful reverses will show the park’s famed Delicate Arch, with the La Sal mountains in the distance. This will be the third quarter design issued for 2014. The inscriptions on the coin’s reverse include the name of […]
Candidate designs for new 2014 Arches National Park Quarter
March 24, 2014 – 8:06 am
Early in 2013, the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee reviewed seven candidate designs for the reverse of the 2014 Arches National Park quarter. They awarded a very high score of 28 out of 30 points to a design featuring the iconic Delicate Arch. It’s believed that of all the scenic views found in the park, Delicate […]
Arches National Park featured 23rd in National Park Quarter series
March 17, 2014 – 10:37 am
Over 100 million years ago, erosion forces began to wear away at the landscape near present-day Moab, Utah. Under extreme temperatures, water, ice and movement from an underground salt bed (left behind when a prehistoric sea dried up), a series of natural sandstone arches emerged. Today, Arches National Park (established in 1929) is home to […]
