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In 2010, the United States Mint began to issue 56 quarter-dollar coins featuring designs depicting national parks and other national sites as part of the United States Mint America the Beautiful Quarters® Program. 2011 marks the second year of the program and features the next 5 quarters.
Each coin in the series features a common obverse (heads side) with the 1932 portrait of George Washington by John Flanagan, which has been restored to bring out subtle details and the beauty of the original model. Inscriptions are UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, LIBERTY, IN GOD WE TRUST and QUARTER DOLLAR.
The Hot Springs National Park Quarter
Jurisdiction: Arkansas
Year: 2010
Reverse: The park headquarters building with a thermal fountain in front of it.
The Yellowstone National Park Quarter
Jurisdiction: Wyoming
Year: 2010
Reverse: the Old Faithful geyser with a mature bull bison in the foreground.
The Yosemite National Park Quarter
Jurisdiction: California
Year: 2010
Reverse: the iconic El Capitan, which rises more than 3,000 feet above the valley floor and is the largest monolith of granite in the world.
The Grand Canyon National Park Quarter
Jurisdiction: Arizona
Year: 2010
Reverse: a view of the granaries above the Nankoweap Delta in Marble Canyon near the Colorado River.
The Mount Hood National Forest Quarter
Jurisdiction: Oregon
Year: 2010
Reverse: a view of Mount Hood with Lost Lake in the foreground.
The Gettysburg National Military Park Quarter
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Year: 2011
Reverse: the 72nd Pennsylvania Infantry Monument, which is located on the battle line of the Union Army at Cemetery Ridge.
The Glacier National Park Quarter
Jurisdiction: Montana
Year: 2011
Reverse: a classic view of the northeast slope of Mount Reynolds towering in th distance, while a mountain goat clamors over the rocky slopes of the park´s high country.
The Olympic National Park Quarter
Jurisdiction: Washington
Year: 2011
Reverse: a Roosevelt elk standing on a gravel river bar of the Hoh River with a view of Mount Olympus in the background.
The Vicksburg National Military Park Quarter
Jurisdiction: Mississippi
Year: 2011
Reverse: the U.S.S. Cairo on the Yazoo River as it would have been seen when it served the U.S. Navy during the Civil War.
The Chickasaw National Recreation Area Quarter
Jurisdiction: Oklahoma
Year: 2011
Reverse: the Lincoln Bridge, built of limestone and dedicated in 1909 to celebrate the centennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth. The bridge is the first constructed improvement in the national recreation area and a favorite scenic spot.
El Yunque National Forest Quarter
Jurisdiction: Puerto Rico
Year: 2012
Reverse: a Coqui tree frog sitting on a leaf and a Puerto Rican parrot behind an epiphyte plant with tropical flora in the background.
Chaco Culture National Historical Park Quarter
Jurisdiction: New Mexico
Year: 2012
Reverse: a view to the west of two elevated kivas that are part of the Chetro Ketl Complex, the north wall of Chetro Ketl and the north wall of the canyon.
Acadia National Park Quarter
Jurisdiction: Maine
Year: 2012
Reverse: a scene of Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse and Acadia’s rough coastline.
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Quarter
Jurisdiction: Hawaii
Year: 2012
Reverse: an eruption on the east rift of Kilauea Volcano.
Denali National Park Quarter
Jurisdiction: Alaska
Year: 2012
Reverse: a Dall sheep with Mount McKinley rising in the background.
White Mountain National Forest Quarter
Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
Year: 2013
Reverse: Mt. Chocorua, the easternmost peak of the Sandwich Range, framed by birch trees.
Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial Quarter
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Year: 2013
Reverse: the statue of Master Commandant Oliver Hazard Perry with the Peace Memorial located in the distance.
Great Basin National Park Quarter
Jurisdiction: Nevada
Year: 2013
Reverse: the beauty and unique qualities of a single Bristlecone Pine tree and shows the rocky glacial moraines where the trees grow.
Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine Quarter
Jurisdiction: Maryland
Year: 2013
Reverse: represents the site during the "Defenders Day" celebration, considered the centerpiece annual event held at Fort McHenry.
Mount Rushmore National Memorial Quarter
Jurisdiction: South Dakota
Year: 2013
Reverse: Workers carving the Mount Rushmore National Memorial.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park Quarter
Jurisdiction: Tennessee
Year: 2014
Reverse: A log cabin in the forest with a hawk in flight.
Shenandoah National Park Quarter
Jurisdiction: Virginia
Year: 2014
Reverse: A hiker at the summit of Stony Man Trail
Arches National Park Quarter
Jurisdiction: Utah
Year: 2014
Reverse: Delicate Arch with the La Sal Mountains in the distance.
Great Sand Dunes National Park Quarter
Jurisdiction: Colorado
Year: 2014
Reverse: A father and son playing on the banks of a creek, with sand dunes and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in the background.
Everglades National Park Quarter
Jurisdiction: Florida
Year: 2014
Reverse: An anhinga on a willow, and a roseate spoonbill wading in the water.
Homestead National Monument of America Quarter
Jurisdiction: Nebraska
Year: 2015
Reverse: A log cabin, two ears of corn, and a water pump, representing shelter, food, and water.
Kisatchie National Forest Quarter
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Year: 2015
Reverse: A wild turkey in flight over bluestem grass, with long leaf pines in the background.
Blue Ridge Parkway Quarter
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Year: 2015
Reverse: A short stretch of the Blue Ridge Parkway, with flowering dogwood in the foreground.
Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge Quarter
Jurisdiction: Delaware
Year: 2015
Reverse: A great blue heron, with a great egret behind it, in a salt marsh.
Saratoga National Historical Park Quarter
Jurisdiction: New York
Year: 2015
Reverse: A close-up of John Burgoyne surrendering his sword to Horatio Gates.
Shawnee National Forest Quarter
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Year: 2016
Reverse: Camel Rock and natural vegetation with a red-tailed hawk overhead.
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park Quarter
Jurisdiction: Kentucky
Year: 2016
Reverse: A frontiersman gazing across the Cumberland Mountains to the West.
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park Quarter
Jurisdiction: West Virginia
Year: 2016
Reverse: John Brown's Fort.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park Quarter
Jurisdiction: North Dakota
Year: 2016
Reverse: Theodore Roosevelt on horseback near the Little Missouri River.
Fort Moultrie (Fort Sumter National Monument) Quarter
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Year: 2016
Reverse: William Jasper returning the regimental flag to the ramparts of Fort Moultrie.
Effigy Mounds National Monument Quarter
Jurisdiction: Iowa
Year: 2017
Reverse: An aerial view of effigy mounds in the Marching Bear Group.
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site Quarter
Jurisdiction: District of Columbia
Year: 2017
Reverse: Frederick Douglass seated at a writing desk with his home in the background.
Ozark National Scenic Riverways Quarter
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Year: 2017
Reverse: Alley Mill.
Ellis Island (Statue of Liberty National Monument) Quarter
Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Year: 2017
Reverse: An immigrant family approaching Ellis Island.
George Rogers Clark National Historical Park Quarter
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Year: 2017
Reverse: George Rogers Clark leading his men through the flooded plains approaching Fort Sackville.
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Quarter
Jurisdiction: Michigan
Year: 2018
Reverse: Chapel Rock and the white pine tree that grows atop.
Apostle Islands National Lakeshore Quarter
Jurisdiction: Wisconsin
Year: 2018
Reverse: the sea caves at Devils Island with the lighthouse in the background and a kayaker paddling in the foreground.
Voyageurs National Park Quarter
Jurisdiction: Minnesota
Year: 2018
Reverse: a common loon with a rock cliff in the background.
Cumberland Island National Seashore Quarter
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Year: 2018
Reverse: a snowy egret posing on a branch on the edge of a salt marsh, ready for flight.
Block Island National Wildlife Refuge Quarter
Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Year: 2018
Reverse: a black-crowned night-heron flying over a view from the beach at Cow Cove looking towards Sandy Point. The North Light lighthouse is seen in the background.
Lowell National Historical Park Quarter
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Year: 2019
Reverse: A mill girl working at a power loom, with the Boott Mill clock tower outside the window.
American Memorial Park Quarter
Jurisdiction: Northern Mariana Islands
Year: 2019
Reverse: A young Chamorro woman at the Flag Circle and Court of Honor.
War in the Pacific National Historical Park Quarter
Jurisdiction: Guam
Year: 2019
Reverse: American forces coming ashore during the Second Battle of Guam.
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park Quarter
Jurisdiction: Texas
Year: 2019
Reverse: Elements of the Spanish colonial real coin: arches and a bell symbolizing community, a lion symbolizing Spanish cultural heritage, waves symbolizing the waters of the San Antonio River, and wheat symbolizing farming.
Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness Quarter
Jurisdiction: Idaho
Year: 2019
Reverse: A drift boat on the Salmon River, with the wilderness in the background.
National Park of American Samoa Quarter
Jurisdiction: American Samoa
Year: 2020
Reverse: a Samoan fruit bat mother hanging in a tree with her pup.
Weir Farm National Historic Site Quarter
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Year: 2020
Reverse: an artist, wearing a painter’s smock, painting outside Julian Alden Weir’s studio at Weir Farm.
Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve Quarter
Jurisdiction: U.S. Virgin Islands
Year: 2020
Reverse: a red mangrove tree in an early stage of its life cycle, as it evolves from a very small plant to an adult tree.
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park Quarter
Jurisdiction: Vermont
Year: 2020
Reverse: a young girl completing the planting of a Norway spruce seedling near an established tree, continuing the life cycle of the forest.
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve Quarter
Jurisdiction: Kansas
Year: 2020
Reverse: a skyward view of a Regal Fritillary butterfly against a backdrop of Big Bluestem and Indian grasses.
Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site Quarter
Jurisdiction: Alabama
Year: 2021
Reverse: a Tuskegee Airman pilot suiting up to join the fight during World War II with the Moton Field control tower in the background.
Source: http://www.usmint.gov