2016-09-03 Sat

On 1st September the final designs for the Beautiful Quarters and America the Beautiful Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coins were revealed. The 2017 dated coins would celebrate national parks and other national sites in the U.S.

Effigy Mounds National Monument coin depicts a view of mounds in the Marching Bear Group with inscriptions "EFFIGY MOUNDS," "IOWA," "2017," and "E PLURIBUS UNUM."

The Frederick Douglass National Historic Site (DC) coin design features Frederick Douglass at a writing desk with his home in Washington, D.C. along with the inscriptions "FREDERICK DOUGLASS," "DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA," "2017" and "E PLURIBUS UNUM."

The Ozark National Scenic Riverways (MO) reverse design features a steel roller mill called Alley Mill built in 1894 which was used to convert wheat into flour. Other inscriptions include "OZARK RIVERWAYS," "MISSOURI," "2017" and "E PLURIBUS UNUM."

The Ellis Island (Statue of Liberty National Monument) (NJ) coin design bears an image of an immigrant family approaching Ellis Island. Other inscriptions include "ELLIS ISLAND," "NEW JERSEY," "2017," and "E PLURIBUS UNUM."

The George Rogers Clark National Historical Park (IN) coin design features George Rogers Clark with his men approaching Fort Sackville. Other inscriptions include "GEORGE ROGERS CLARK," "INDIANA," "2017" and "E PLURIBUS UNUM."

The obverses for all the coins feature a portrait of George Washington.