Tag Archives: 2012

Candidate designs for new 2012
Chaco Culture National Historical Park Quarter

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 April 2012, the 12th coin in the series will honor Chaco Culture National Historical Park. Three of the four […]

2012 El Yunque National Forest Quarter released by the U.S. Mint

The 11th issue and first 2012 design of the America’s National Park Quarter Series, featuring El Yunque National Forest in the U.S. Territory of Puerto Rico, was released by the U.S. Mint on January 23, 2012. The popular 2010-2021 coin series is honoring a national park or historic site in each of the 50 states, […]

Chaco Culture National Historical Park honored 12th in National Park Quarter series

Located in northwestern New Mexico, Chaco Culture National Historical Park honors the pre-Columbian cultural center that thrived in the face of adversity hundreds of years ago. Established in 1907, Chaco Culture is the 12th site featured in the 2010-2021 National Park Quarter Series. Beginning in the mid-800s A.D., a series of immense buildings, or pueblos, […]

El Yunque Quarter Design Finalized

The final approved design for the first 2012 National Park quarter was announced by the U.S. Mint at a special ceremony in Washington, D.C. on December 8, 2011. The new quarter design honors El Yunque National Forest, located on the U.S. Territorial island of Puerto Rico and the only tropical rainforest in the U.S. National […]

Candidate designs for 2012 El Yunque National Forest Quarter

The U.S. Mint presented 5 finalist designs for the first new 2012 National Park quarter featuring El Yunque National Forest, located on the U.S. Territorial island of Puerto Rico and the only tropical rainforest in the U.S. National Forest System. Two of the designs feature a waterfall, two others focus on exotic wildlife indigenous to […]