America the Beautiful All Years
2010 5oz SILVER HOT SPRINGS (MS)

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Hot Springs National Park
Hot Springs, Arkansas
Visited: 24 May 2010


To talk about the origins of the United States’ National Park system, you have to go back to the late 1800s when people began more readily moving westward. As settlements, towns, and cities began popping up all over this vast country, President Theodore Roosevelt decided that it is only right we protect some of the natural beauty of the land. Through that belief was born the National Park system we still know and love today.
Hot Springs National Park is located in Arkansas and is best-known for the hot spring water that flows from the earth at temperatures of well over 125 degrees Fahrenheit. Said to be rain that fell many thousands of years ago, the hot springs’ water is just as pure as it is intriguing. The 5 oz ATB Hot Springs coin sports the image of the National Park’s ornate headquarters door as well as a fountain with water shooting up from it. The fountain and water represent the many springs that make up the national park. Inscribed on the coin’s reverse are the words “Hot Springs”, “Arkansas”, and “E Pluribus Unum.” The 2010 year of minting is also located towards the bottom of the reverse side, in the center.