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Anhinga |
| Origin/Country: |
United States |
| Design Description: |
QUARTER DOLLARS - AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL, PROOF |
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25C 2014 S SILVER EVERGLADES |
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NGC PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO |
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The Everglades National Park Quarter was released on November 3, 2014 as the twenty-fifty coin in the America the Beautiful Quarters Program.
The Everglades National Park, located in Florida, was established on May 30, 1934. As described on the U.S. Mint site, the reverse features an anhinga with outstretched wings on a willow tree with a roseate spoonbill visible in the mid-ground.
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Bananaquit |
| Origin/Country: |
United States |
| Design Description: |
QUARTER DOLLARS - STATES & TERRITORIES - PROOF |
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25C 2009 S SILVER U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS |
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NGC PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO |
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The Virgin Islands Quarter was released on September 28, 2009 as the fifth coin in the 2009 District of Columbia and U.S. Territories Quarters Program.
The U.S. Mint website describes the Virgin Islands as follows: These islands, located in the Caribbean Sea east of Puerto Rico, were explored by Christopher Columbus in 1493. They were first inhabited by the Arawak, Taino and later the Carib Indians, and colonized by Denmark beginning in 1666. During the Napoleonic Wars, the islands were occupied by the English from 1801 to 1802 and from 1807 to 1815. Originally named the Danish West Indies, the United States purchased the three islands—St. Croix, St. Thomas and St. John—along with approximately 50 islets, from Denmark in 1917 for $25 million. Congress granted American citizenship to residents of the U.S. Virgin Islands in 1927. Under the Revised Organic Act of 1954, the U.S. Virgin Islands were provided a substantial amount of self-government, including the creation of a central government with distinct executive, legislative and judicial branches. Tourism is the primary economic activity, accounting for most of its gross domestic product and 70 percent of employment on the islands.
The U.S. Virgin Islands quarter reverse features an outline of the three major islands, the Yellow Breast or Bananaquit, its official bird; the Yellow Cedar or Yellow Elder, the official flower; and a Tyre Palm Tree.
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Black-crowned Night Heron |
| Origin/Country: |
United States |
| Design Description: |
QUARTER DOLLARS - AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL, PROOF |
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25C 2018 S Silver Block Island Early Releases |
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NGC PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO |
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The Block Island National Wildlife Refuge Quarter was released on November 13, 2018 as the forty-fifth coin in the America the Beautiful Quarters Program.
The Block Island National Wildlife Refuge, located in Rhode Island, was established in 1973. The reverse design depicts a black-crowned night-heron flying over a view from the beach at Cow Cove looking towards Sandy Point with the North Lighthouse in the background.
The picture of the North Lighthouse was taken on October 20, 2019 while visiting Block Island.
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Brown Pelican |
| Origin/Country: |
United States |
| Design Description: |
QUARTER DOLLARS - STATES & TERRITORIES - PROOF |
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25C 2002 S SILVER LOUISIANA |
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NGC PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO |
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The Louisiana State Quarter was released on May 20, 2002 as the 18th coin in the State Quarter Program. Louisiana’s original Statehood date was April 30, 1818.
The reverse features the Louisiana Purchase, a trumpet, symbolizing the birth of jazz in New Orleans, Louisiana, and the state bird, a brown pelican.
Statehood Date: April 30, 1818
State Capitol: Baton Rouge
State Nickname: Pelican State, Bayou State, Creole State
State Motto: Union, justice and confidence
State Song: You Are My Sunshine
State Bird: Brown Pelican
State Tree: Bald Cypress
State Flower: Magnolia
State Insect: Honey Bee
State Animal: American Black Bear
State Fish: White Perch
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California Condor |
| Origin/Country: |
United States |
| Design Description: |
QUARTER DOLLARS - STATES & TERRITORIES - PROOF |
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25C 2005 S SILVER CALIFORNIA |
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NGC PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO |
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The California State Quarter was released on January 31, 2005 as the 31st coin in the State Quarter Program. California’s original Statehood date was September 9, 1850.
The reverse features conservationist John Muir overlooking Half Dome, a granite rock face in Yosemite Valley, with a California condor soaring overhead.
Statehood Date: September 9, 1850
State Capitol: Sacramento
State Nickname: The Golden State
State Motto: Eureka
State Song: I Love You, California
State Bird: California Quail
State Tree: Coast Redwood and Sequoia
State Flower: California Poppy
State Insect: California Dogface Butterfly
State Animal: California Grizzly Bear
State Fish: Golden Trout
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Carolina Wren |
| Origin/Country: |
United States |
| Design Description: |
QUARTER DOLLARS - STATES & TERRITORIES - PROOF |
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25C 2000 S SILVER SO.CAROLINA |
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NGC PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO |
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The South Carolina State Quarter was released on May 22, 2000 as the eighth coin in the State Quarter Program. South Carolina’s original Statehood date was May 23, 1788.
The reverse features an outline of the state, the state’s nickname, “The Palmetto State”, and images of the state bird (Carolina Wren), the state flower (Yellow Jessamine) and the state tree (Palmetto).
Statehood Date: May 23, 1788
State Capitol: Columbia
State Nickname: The Palmetto State
State Motto: Dum spiro spero (While I breath, I hope)
State Song: “Carolina” and “South Carolina On My Mind”
State Bird: Carolina Wren
State Tree: Palmetto
State Flower: Yellow Jessamine
State Insect: Carolina mantid
State Animal: White-tailed Deer
State Fish: Striped Bass
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Common Loon |
| Origin/Country: |
United States |
| Design Description: |
QUARTER DOLLARS - STATES & TERRITORIES - PROOF |
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25C 2005 S SILVER MINNESOTA |
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NGC PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO |
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The Minnesota State Quarter was released on April 4, 2005 as the 32nd coin in the State Quarter Program. Minnesota’s original Statehood date was May 11, 1858.
The reverse features an outline of the state with the motto “Land of 10,000 Lakes”. The lake theme is further emphasized with two people fishing on a Norway Pine lined lake with a Common Loon in the foreground.
Statehood Date: May 11, 1858
State Capitol: Saint Paul
State Nickname: Land of 10,000 Lakes
State Motto: L'Étoile du Nord (“Star of the North” in French)
State Song: Hail! Minnesota
State Bird: Common loon
State Tree: Norway pine
State Flower: Pink and White Lady’s Slipper
State Insect: Monarch Butterfly
State Animal: None
State Fish: Walley
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| Slot: |
Common Loon |
| Origin/Country: |
United States |
| Design Description: |
QUARTER DOLLARS - AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL, PROOF |
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25C 2018 S Silver Voyageurs Early Releases |
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NGC PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO |
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The Voyageurs National Park Quarter was released on July 11, 2018 as the forty-third coin in the America the Beautiful Quarters Program.
Voyageurs National Park, located in Minnesota, was established in 1975. The reverse design features a Common Loon in the foreground with rock cliffs and trees in the background
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| Slot: |
Ducks |
| Origin/Country: |
United States |
| Design Description: |
QUARTER DOLLARS - AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL, PROOF |
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25C 2011 S SILVER CHICKASAW EARLY RELEASES |
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NGC PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO |
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The Chickasaw National Recreation Area Quarter was released on November 14, 2011, as the tenth coin in the America the Beautiful Quarters Program.
The Chickasaw National Recreation Area, located in Oklahoma, was officially established on July 1, 1902, but named Sulphur Springs Reservation. The original 640 acres of the area was purchased from the Chickasaw Indian Nation and subsequently added on through the years. On June 29, 1906, Congress redesignated Sulphur Springs to become the Platt National Park, a title which it would retain for seventy years. Finally, in 1976, Congress combined Platt with nearby Arbuckle Recreation Area and renamed it to its current designation of Chickasaw National Recreation Area.
The quarter’s reverse features the Lincoln Bridge, built of limestone, and dedicated in 1909 to celebrate the centennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth. In addition to the bridge, the reverse contains a flock of 6 ducks flying overhead.
I visited the Chickasaw National Recreation area on October 10, 2023 and took this picture of the Lincoln Bridge.
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| Slot: |
Great Blue Heron |
| Origin/Country: |
United States |
| Design Description: |
QUARTER DOLLARS - AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL, PROOF |
| Item Description: |
25C 2015 S SILVER BOMBAY HOOK |
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NGC PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO |
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The Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge Quarter was released on September 14, 2015 as the twenty-ninth coin in the America the Beautiful Quarters Program.
The Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, located in Delaware, was established in 1937. As described on the U.S. Mint site, the reverse features a great blue heron in the foreground and a great egret in the background.
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| Slot: |
Mallard |
| Origin/Country: |
United States |
| Design Description: |
QUARTER DOLLARS - STATES & TERRITORIES - PROOF |
| Item Description: |
25C 2003 S SILVER ARKANSAS |
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NGC PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO |
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The Arkansas State Quarter was released on October 20, 2003 as the twenty-fifth coin in the State Quarter Program. Arkansas’s original Statehood date was August 10, 1821.
The reverse features rice stalks (Arkansas is the leading producer of rice in the United States), a diamond, representing the Crater of Diamonds State Park, and a Mallard Duck flying over the many lakes of the state.
I visited the Crater of the Diamonds State Park on October 13, 2022 to try my hand at diamond mining but, alas, no diamonds were found.
Statehood Date: August 10, 1821
State Capitol: Little Rock
State Nickname: Razorback State
State Motto: Regnat Populus (The People Rule)
State Song: “Arkansas”
State Bird: Northern Mockingbird
State Tree: Pine
State Flower: Apple Blossom
State Insect: Honey Bee
State Animal: White-tailed Deer
State Fish: None
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Peregrine Falcon |
| Origin/Country: |
United States |
| Design Description: |
QUARTER DOLLARS - STATES & TERRITORIES - PROOF |
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25C 2007 S SILVER IDAHO |
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NGC PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO |
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The Idaho State Quarter was released on June 4, 2007 as the forty-third coin in the State Quarter Program. Idaho’s original Statehood date was July 3, 1890.
The reverse features an outline of the State, the State motto “Esto Perptua” (May it Be Forever), and a Peregrine Falcon, one of the State birds (the other is a Mountain Bluebird).
Statehood Date: July 3, 1890
State Capitol: Boise
State Nickname: Gem State
State Motto: Esto Perptua (May it Be Forever)
State Song: Here We Have Idaho
State Bird: Mountain Blue Bird and Peregrine Falcon
State Tree: Western White Pine
State Flower: Lewis Mock Orange
State Insect: Monarch Butterfly
State Animal: Appaloosa Horse
State Fish: Cutthroat Trout
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Puerto Rican Parrot |
| Origin/Country: |
United States |
| Design Description: |
QUARTER DOLLARS - AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL, PROOF |
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25C 2012 S SILVER EL YUNQUE |
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NGC PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO |
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The El Yunque National Forest Quarter was released on January 23, 2012 as the eleventh coin in the America the Beautiful Quarters Program.
The El Yunque National Forest, located in Puerto Rico, was officially established on January 17, 1903 and is the only tropical rain forest in the National Forest System. As described on the U.S. Mint site, the reverse design depicts a Coqui tree frog sitting on a leaf and a Puerto Rican parrot behind an epiphyte plant with tropical flora in the background. The Puerto Rican parrot is a highly endangered species unique to Puerto Rico, and its recovery began with the few birds left in El Yunque.
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| Slot: |
Red-tailed Hawk |
| Origin/Country: |
United States |
| Design Description: |
QUARTER DOLLARS - AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL, PROOF |
| Item Description: |
25C 2016 S SILVER SHAWNEE |
| Grade: |
NGC PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO |
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The Shawnee National Forest Quarter was released on February 1, 2016 as the thirty-first coin in the America the Beautiful Quarters Program.
The Shawnee National Forest, located in Illinois, was established in 1939. As described on the U.S. Mint site, the reverse features a close view of Camel Rock with natural vegetation in the foreground and a red-tailed hawk soaring in the sky overhead.
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| Slot: |
Red-tailed Hawk |
| Origin/Country: |
United States |
| Design Description: |
QUARTER DOLLARS - AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL, PROOF |
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25C 2014 S SILVER GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS |
| Grade: |
NGC PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO |
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The Great Smoky Mountains National Park Quarter was released on January 27, 2014 as the twenty-first coin in the America the Beautiful Quarters Program.
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, located in Tennessee, was established on May 22, 1926 and is the most visited national park. As described on the U.S. Mint site, the reverse design depicts a historic log cabin found within the park, a segment of the lush green forest, and hawk circling above.
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