America the Beautiful Quarter

America the Beautiful Quarter Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP (US Mint)

The Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park Quarter was commissioned as part of the America the Beautiful Quarter series to represent the state of Vermont. The reverse (tails) design depicts a young child completing the planting of a Norway spruce seedling near an established tree, continuing the life cycle of the forest. The child represents the conservationist, seeking to maintain a sustainable forest for future enjoyment and education.

 

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With this activity guide, you have all that you need to become a Junior Ranger Community Changer. This guide will teach you about key themes that are highlighted on the new 2020 quarter that features the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park in Vermont.

Every year, the U.S. Mint makes billions of coins – like the penny, nickel, dime, and quarter. In 2010, the Mint began issuing the quarters in the America the Beautiful Quarters® Program. Each design features a national park or site in each state, territory, and the District of Columbia. In 2020, the Mint worked with the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park in Vermont to launch a new quarter design. The coin’s theme is sustainability. Sustainability means working with the environment and our communities so that they both are healthy, now and in the future.

 

►View Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP Quarter Launch video

To celebrate the release of the new quarter, the park partnered with the Vermont Wood Works Council to hold a design competition for a vessel that was to be featured in a release event and was the highlight of a small coin pour ceremony at the park. The winner of the competition, Jesse Dunn, was inspired by ideas from his children in a conversation around the kitchen table. His winning design features a large wooden acorn made from wood harvested from park’s Mount Tom Forest and Shelburne Farms, a partner in park educational programs and a National Historic Landmark in Vermont. The vessel is a highlight in a short video filmed at the park and in the Birdseye workshops that celebrates the coin’s release with area youth.

 

Park staff and kids launch the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP America the Beautiful Quarter and fill acorn vessel at the park

(Screenshot from video)

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