United States Mint to Launch Everglades National Park Quarter December 4
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Join officials from the United States Mint and the National Park Service for the official launch of the quarter honoring Everglades National Park in Fla. at 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014. The ceremony will take place at Harris Field Park Pavilion in Homestead. Highlights of the free event include a coin exchange where the public can trade their cash for $10 rolls of new Everglades National Park quarters.
| WHAT: |
Everglades National Park Quarter Launch Ceremony and Coin Exchange |
| WHO: |
Beverly Ortega Babers, Chief Administrative Officer, United States Mint |
| Bob Krumenaker, Acting Superintendent, Everglades National Park |
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| Jeff Porter, Mayor, City of Homestead |
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| Stephen R. Shelley, Vice-Mayor, City of Homestead |
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| Josh Padgett, Media Producer and Inside Homestead host |
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| WHEN: |
Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014, 10 a.m. EST |
| WHERE: |
Harris Field Park Pavilion |
| 1034 NE 8th St. |
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| Homestead, Fla. 33030 |
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| (At the intersection of U.S. 1 & SW 312th St./Campbell Drive) |
Coin Forum
The evening before the launch ceremony — Wednesday, Dec. 3, at 6:30 p.m. (EST) — the United States Mint will host a coin forum at the Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center in Everglades National Park, 40001 State Road 9336, Homestead, Fla. 33034. The coin forum is an opportunity for the public to express their views about future coinage, and to learn about upcoming United States Mint coin programs and initiatives.
The coin honoring Everglades National Park is the 25th release in the United States Mint America the Beautiful Quarters® Program, a 12-year initiative to honor 56 national parks and other national sites authorized by Public Law 110-456. Each year, the public will see five new national sites depicted on the reverse (tails side) of the America the Beautiful Quarters. The United States Mint is issuing these quarters in the order in which the national sites were officially established.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
- A digital image of the Everglades National Park quarter is available at http://www.usmint.gov/pressroom/?action=photo#AmericaTheBeautiful.
- Information about Everglades National Park is available at http://www.nps.gov/ever/index.htm.
- Additional information about the America the Beautiful Quarters® Program is available at http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/atb/.
- Information about the United States Mint is available at http://www.usmint.gov/about_the_mint/.
SOURCE United States Mint
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