In September 2014, the Commission of Fine Arts met to review eight designs for the reverse of the 2016 Harpers Ferry National Historical Park quarter. All designs varied: Two showed a hand holding a rifle with waves in the foreground, two showed John Brown’s Fort, three showed Jefferson Rock and the last, a birds-eye view […]
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3rd National Park Quarter of 2016 features Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
April 19, 2016 – 9:40 am
Located at the junction of the Shenandoah and Potomac rivers that encircle the town is Harpers Ferry National Historical Park. The park’s main attraction is John Brown’s Fort. The building, found in Arsenal Square of the historic Lower Town, was once an armory guard and firehouse. This was where John Brown, along with his followers, […]
2016 Cumberland Gap National Historical Park Quarter to be released at Park’s Visitor Center
March 28, 2016 – 7:31 am
The new Cumberland Gap National Historical Park quarter, 32nd issue of the series and the second design for 2016, is soon to be in circulation. On April 11, 2016, the official launch ceremony for the new Cumberland Gap quarter will take place in the park’s Visitor Center, which is located in Middlesboro, Kentucky. After the […]
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park Quarter design finalized
March 7, 2016 – 2:58 pm
On July 22, 2015, the U.S. Mint announced the final design for the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park quarters. The reverse shows a frontiersman looking to the west, along with the inscription first doorway to the west. The inscriptions on the coin’s reverse include the name of the site: cumberland gap, the location of the […]
Candidate designs for new 2016 Cumberland Gap National Historical Park quarters
February 24, 2016 – 10:23 am
In late 2014, both the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee and the Commission of Fine Arts reviewed several candidate designs for the reverse of the 2016 Cumberland Gap National Historic Park quarter. The CCAC was divided among three designs. The first showed an explorer, with the inscription first doorway to the west. Another featured an up-close […]
