In 2018, the U.S. Mint commissioned its artists to create candidate designs for the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park in Woodstock, VT. Eleven were reviewed for accuracy, edited, finalized, and then presented to the Citizen Coinage Advisory Committee and Commission of Fine Arts. Two reverse designs featured a sugar maple sapling being planted by a pair […]
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Candidate Designs for new 2020 Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historic Park Quarter
September 19, 2020 – 9:00 am
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park featured in 54th National Park Quarter Series
September 18, 2020 – 9:25 am
Located in Woodstock, VT, the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park is devoted to land stewardship. Its mission originated with George Perkins Marsh born here in 1801. A young George witnessed the deforestation and erosion of Mount Tom located behind the family’s farm due to the era’s fast-moving lumber industry and a growing nation’s need for construction […]
