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Obverse design: George Washington, the first President of the United States, is featured on the obverse of all of the America the Beautiful Coins. This image was originally designed by John Flanagan for use on the 1932 circulating quarter dollar. Obverse inscriptions include UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, QUARTER DOLLAR, LIBERTY, IN GOD WE TRUST and the mintmark.
Reverse design: The reverse of the 2012 Denali America the Beautiful Quarter contains the design emblematic of Denali National Park. The design is described by the US Mint with:
"The fifth quarter of 2012 depicts a Dall sheep with Mount McKinley rising in the background. Inscriptions are DENALI, ALASKA, 2012 and E PLURIBUS UNUM. The reverse was designed by AIP Master Designer Susan Gamble and sculpted by United States Mint Sculptor-Engraver Jim Licaretz."
The 2012 Denali America the Beautiful Quarter will mark the last of five 2012-dated strikes to appear as part of the US Mint's America the Beautiful Quarters® Program. Located on the reverse of the coin will be a design emblematic of Denali National Park found in the state of Alaska.
Also issued by the US Mint along with the 2012 Denali America the Beautiful Quarter in 2012 as part of the series will be the El Yunque Quarter, the Chaco Culture Quarter, the Acadia Quarter and the Hawaii Volcanoes Quarter. The five 2012-dated strikes of the series represent the eleventh through fifteenth of the program which debuted in 2010.
A total of fifty-six coins will be issued in the series before it is completed in 2021. One site of national interest was chosen from each state, the District of Columbia and the five US Territories to be included in the program.
Denali National Park began as a federal site as Mount McKinley National Monument in 1917. Some sixty years later the site was renamed to Denali to better reflect the wishes of local citizens. The part today encompasses an area of over 6 million acres.