West Virginia America the Beautiful Quarter

The West Virginia America the Beautiful Quarter will represent the thirty-third release in the series of circulating commemorative quarters issued for the National Parks and sites of America. The coin will be the third release during the year 2016.

The site selected to be featured on the reverse of the quarter is Harpers Ferry Historical National Park. An image or scene emblematic of the site will be depicted on a central area of the coin, with inscriptions indicating the park name, state name, date of issue, and motto "E Pluribus Unum" around an outer ring. The obverse of the coin will feature a portrait of George Washington.

The final designs for the Harpers Ferry Quarter won't be known for some time. The United States Mint generally prepares three to five design candidates for each quarter in the year leading up to the quarter's release. After review by various parties, the Treasury Secretary selects the final design.

About Harpers Ferry National Historical Park

There are few things that can make historical events come alive for the younger generation of Americans than the opportunity to see historically accurate reenactments of the way that people used to live and work in the early days of the country. This is exactly the opportunity that is provided by a visit to Harpers Ferry National Historical Park in West Virginia.

When you set foot in this unique historical park, you will have the pleasure of observing how people lived, played and worked in the time when America was going through its most significant growing pangs, the Civil War. When you venture into the historic town of Harpers Ferry, you will be helping to commemorate the events that occurred near this settlement, including the creation of the first truly successful American railroad, the monumental attack on slavery by John Brown, and the site of the largest surrender of Union troops in the course of the Civil War.

Officially recognized by the federal government in June of 1944, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park is a place where both natural features and manmade memories are combined for a truly unique experience. Visitors to the Park are welcomed to hike up to Jefferson Rock in order to enjoy the view of the place where the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers meet each other, and to visit with the over one hundred and seventy species of birds and thirty species of mammals that call the Park home. One of the more unique facts about conservation that occurs at Harpers Ferry is that in 2001 the Park began its official Peregrine Falcon Restoration Project.