California’s Yosemite National Park, established in 1890, will be honored on the reverse of the third 2010 National Park quarter. In September 2009, both the Commission of Fine Arts and Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee reviewed designs for the reverse of this new commemorative and submitted recommendations to Treasury officials. The Yosemite National Park quarter is […]
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Candidate designs for new 2010 Hot Springs National Park Quarter
December 10, 2009 – 10:39 am
Four candidate designs for the reverse of the first National Park quarter were submitted to the U.S. Treasury, the Commission of Fine Arts, and the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee for consideration. The first issue, to be released in early 2010, will honor Hot Springs National Park. Three of the designs feature views of a park […]
Hot Springs National Park featured first in National Park Quarter series
December 10, 2009 – 9:29 am
© Joe Shlabotnik CC by 2.0 Hot Springs National Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas became the first federally protected area in the United States in 1832, and has been recommended to be the first site featured in the 2010-2021 National Park Quarter series. The park features 47 geothermal springs that rise to the surface […]
