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2015 Blue Ridge Parkway Quarter released at Pack Square Park

June 22, 2015 – 10:04 am

The new Blue Ridge Parkway quarter, 28th issue of the series and the third design for 2015, is now in circulation. On June 25, 2015, the official launch ceremony for the new Blue Ridge quarter took place at the Pack Square Park in Asheville, NC. After the ceremony, a coin exchange was held where attendees […]

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Candidate designs for new 2015 Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge Quarter

June 5, 2015 – 9:56 am

In February 2014, the Commission of Fine Arts met to review eight designs for the reverse of the 2015 Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge quarter. All eight designs featured birds in the marshy wetlands. Three of them showed birds in flight as the dominant feature. As a pristine, and one of the largest unaltered tidal […]

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4th National Park Quarter of 2015 features Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge

May 11, 2015 – 11:21 am

Located about 10 miles from Dover, Delaware, the Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge provides critical habitat for birds migrating between the Gulf of Mexico and Canada. Bombay Hook covers 16,000 acres and was established in 1937. Thanks to monies received from the Federal Duck Stamp program, which sells stamps to hunters, stamp collectors and conservationists, […]

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2015 Kisatchie National Forest Quarter released at the Alexandria Riverfront Center

April 27, 2015 – 8:09 am

The new Kisatchie National Forest quarter, 27th issue of the series and the second design for 2015, is now in circulation. On April 22, 2015, the official launch ceremony for the new Kisatchie quarter took place at the Alexandria Riverfront Center in Alexandria, LA. After the ceremony, a coin exchange was held where attendees were able […]

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Blue Ridge Parkway Quarter design finalized

April 13, 2015 – 8:39 am

On July 29, 2014, the U.S. Mint announced the final design for the Blue Ridge Parkway quarters. The reverse shows the graceful curvature of the roadway as it hugs the mountainside. A cluster of American dogwood (North Carolina’s state flower) adorns the foreground. The inscriptions on the coin’s reverse include the name of the site: […]

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