National Park of American Samoa - 2020 P Quarter Dollar - Samoa islands

Country: United States
Type: Circulating commemorative coin
Year: 2020
Value: Quarter Dollar = 25 Cents (0.25 USD)
Currency: Dollar (1785-date)
Composition: Copper-nickel clad copper
Mintage: 286,000,000
Mint: Philadelphia
Grade: UNC 
Weight: 5.67 g
Diameter: 24.26 mm
Thickness: 1.75 mm
Shape: Round
Orientation: Coin alignment ↑↓
References: KM# 719

Commemorative issue:
National Park of American Samoa.

Series: United States Mint's "America the Beautiful" Quarters® Program.

Obverse:
The portrait in left profile of George Washington, the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797.

Lettering:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
IN
GOD WE
TRUST
LIBERTY P
JF WC
QUARTER DOLLAR

Engravers: John Flanagan , William Cousins.

Reverse:
The reverse design depicts a Samoan fruit bat mother hanging in a tree with her pup. The image evokes the remarkable care and energy that this species puts into their offspring. The design is intended to promote awareness to the species’ threatened status due to habitat loss and commercial hunting. The National Park of American Samoa is the only park in the United States that is home to the Samoan fruit bat.

Lettering:
NATIONAL PARK
AMERICAN SAMOA
2020
E PLURIBUS UNUM

Engravers: Phebe Hemphill , Richard Masters.

Edge:
Reeded.

Mints:
D    United States Mint, Denver, United States (1906-date)
P    United States Mint, Philadelphia, United States (1792-date)
S    United States Mint, San Francisco, United States (1854-date)
W    United States Mint, West Point, United States (1973-date)

Comments:
Weir Farm National Historic Site in Connecticut includes a 60-acre cultural landscape consisting of 15 historic structures, including houses, barns, studios, and outbuildings. The landscape features bedrock outcrops, historic gardens, stone terraces, specimen trees, orchards, fields, miles of stone laid walls, a pond, and hundreds of historic painting sites–all expertly preserved. The artistic tradition at Weir Farm is kept alive through a variety of Art in the Park programs, including an artist-in-residence program, free art supplies, night painting, and art lessons.

Referencia : KM# 719

Fuente : https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces1...

Colección : America The Beautiful Quarters (2010-2021)