2016-10-18 Tue

The 1991 Mount Rushmore commemorative series, the 2006 South Dakota state quarter, the 2013 Mount Rushmore National Parks quarter, the $5 gold coin in the 2016 National Park Service Centennial commemorative series, and the 2016 Theodore Roosevelt National Park quarter are all coins that honour Theodore Roosevelt who helped in establishing 230 million acres of public lands.

The Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota celebrates its 75th birthday along with 100 years of the National Park Service. It took 14 years and over 400 workers to complete this beautiful structure. The work began in 1927 under Gutzon Borglum and his son Lincoln who thought of featuring the heroes of the West such as Lewis and Clark and Buffalo Bill Cody initially. The decision was changed later to feature national figures, the four presidents that we see today. Over two million people visit this monument annually. It was featured in 1991 on a series of commemorative coins, including a half dollar, dollar, and gold $5 coin. There was even a rock band in the 1960s with the name Mount Rushmore.

The Theodore Roosevelt National Park 2016 three-coin quarter set was released October 3, and the 5-ounce Uncirculated silver coin on October 6.