In September 2014, both the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee and Commission of Fine Arts met separately to review six designs for the reverse of the 2016 Theodore Roosevelt National Park quarter. All designs varied: Three showed a young Theodore Roosevelt looking at the landscape by the Little Missouri River, two showed his Maltese Cross Cabin, […]
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2016 Harpers Ferry National Historical Park Quarter launch ceremony at historic site
June 15, 2016 – 8:44 am
The new Harpers Ferry National Historical Park quarter, third issue of 2016 and 33rd in the series, was released on June 8th and will soon enter circulation. The official launch ceremony for the new quarter took place at the Harpers Ferry National Historic Park in Lower Town Historic District of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. With […]
4th National Park Quarter of 2016 features Theodore Roosevelt National Park
June 6, 2016 – 9:41 am
Located in southwestern North Dakota, Theodore Roosevelt National Park is made up of 3 separate sections: the South Unit, the North Unit and Elkhorn Ranch. Unlike other parks, these sections are not connected, but each one provides visitors scenic trails, extraordinary landscape and waterways to explore. The park has over 70,000 acres with the South […]
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park quarter design finalized
May 24, 2016 – 8:09 am
In August of 2015, the U.S. Mint revealed the final design for Harpers Ferry National Historical Park quarter. As the third release for 2016, this beautiful quarter features the building once known as Harpers Ferry Amory guard and firehouse, the site of John Brown’s last stand. Early in the morning on October 17, 1859, Brown […]
Candidate designs for 2016 Harpers Ferry National Historical Park quarter
May 19, 2016 – 9:27 am
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 […]
