The final approved design for the 2nd National Park quarter was selected from several candidate designs and announced at a special ceremony in Washington, D.C. on March 24, 2010. The reverse of the second new 2010 quarter, honoring Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, depicts the famous Old Faithful geyser with a bison in the foreground. […]
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Yellowstone Quarter Design Finalized
April 28, 2010 – 11:10 am
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Yellowstone National Park featured 2nd in National Park Quarter series
April 28, 2010 – 11:08 am
Yellowstone National Park, primarily in Wyoming with small portions in Idaho and Montana, was established as a national park in 1872. The largest park in the lower 48 states, it contains over half the world’s geothermal features including geysers, hot springs, fumaroles, and mudpots. The most famous of Yellowstone’s over 300 geysers is Old Faithful, […]
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2010 Hot Springs National Park Quarter is released from the United States Mint
April 21, 2010 – 10:51 am
The first issue of the National Park Quarter series, featuring Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas, was released by the U.S. Mint on April 19, 2010. The new National Park Quarter series of 2010-2021 will honor a national park or historic site in each of the 50 states, D.C. and the 5 U.S. territories. The […]
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Hot Springs Quarter Design Finalized
March 24, 2010 – 3:37 pm
The final approved design for the first National Park quarter was announced on March 24, 2010 at a special ceremony in Washington, D.C. The reverse of the first new 2010 quarter, honoring Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas as the nation’s first federally protected area (established in 1832), features the facade of the national park’s […]
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Candidate designs for new 2010 Mount Hood National Forest Quarter
February 5, 2010 – 3:50 pm
The Mount Hood National Forest in Oregon, established in 1893, will be honored on the reverse of the fifth and final National Park quarter for 2010. In September 2009, both the Commission of Fine Arts and Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee reviewed 4 designs for the reverse of this new commemorative and submitted recommendations to Treasury […]
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