Washington’s Olympic National Park is 1,441 sq. miles and includes miles of coastal beaches, old growth forests and glacial mountain peaks. Because of its old growth woodlands, the park serves as a refuge for many endangered species. It is one of the last large tracts of primeval forest in the lower 48 states. In 1897, […]
Category Archives: 2011
Candidate designs for new 2011 Glacier National Park Quarter
November 22, 2010 – 11:42 am
Early in 2010, the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee reviewed three candidate designs for reverse of the 2011 Glacier National Park quarter. For the first time ever, the committee gave its highest marks to the designs for Glacier National and Olympic National Parks. The favored Glacier designs show a mountain goat in the foreground with a […]
Glacier National Park featured 7th in National Park Quarter series
November 22, 2010 – 11:09 am
Located in Montana and covering over 1 million acres, Glacier National Park offers a combination of glacier-carved mountains, deep lakes, abundant wildlife, and active glaciers. Through the efforts of conservationists and George Grinnell, in 1897 the area became protected, and a national park in 1910. It will be featured on the 2011 National Park quarters, […]
Candidate designs for new 2011 Gettysburg National Military Park Quarter
November 19, 2010 – 10:16 pm
Four candidate designs for the reverse of the first 2011 National Park quarter were submitted to the U.S. Treasury, the Commission of Fine Arts, and the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee for consideration. Scheduled for release in early 2011, the sixth coin in the series will honor Gettysburg National Military Park. All four proposed designs feature […]
Gettysburg National Military Park honored sixth in National Park Quarter series
November 19, 2010 – 10:07 pm
Located in south-central Pennsylvania, Gettysburg National Military Park honors the soldiers who fought in the battle that history remembers as the turning point of the Civil War. Named a federally protected site in 1895, Gettysburg is the sixth site featured in the 2010-2021 National Park Quarter series. From July 1-3, 1863, Union and Confederate forces […]
