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2013 Great Basin National Park Quarter released at Baker, NV

June 13, 2013 – 9:56 am

The new Great Basin National Park Quarter, the eighteenth issue of the series, and third design for 2013, will soon be in circulation. On Thursday, June 20th, the official launch ceremony for the new Great Basin quarter will take place at the National Park Visitor Center in Baker, Nevada. Baker, NV, has about 65 year-round […]

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Great Basin Quarter Design Finalized

March 20, 2013 – 9:20 am

On December 10, 2012, the U.S. Mint revealed the final design for the Great Basin National Park quarter. As the third release for 2013, this beautiful quarter will feature an ancient Bristlecone pine, and the rocky hillside it grows on within the Nevada park. Located on the sides of mountain ridges above 10,000 feet, these […]

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Candidate designs for new 2013
Great Basin National Park Quarter

March 13, 2013 – 9:33 am

In the fall of 2011, both the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) and the Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) reviewed designs for the 2013 Great Basin quarter. All designs featured the ancient bristlecone pine as a central element, and two showed mountains in the background, while another showed a Big Horn Sheep along with the […]

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Great Basin National Park Quarter

Great Basin National Park featured 18th in National Park Quarter series

March 8, 2013 – 12:24 pm

Located in central Nevada in the Snake Mountains, Great Basin National Park is one of America’s newest parks. In 1986, President Regan set aside 77,180 wildness acres as a national park. This acreage also included Lehman Caves, which had already been designated a national monument in 1922. True to its name, the Great Basin holds […]

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