Great Sand Dunes National Park Quarter
Issued in 2014
2014 America the Beautiful Quarters Coin Great Sand Dunes Colorado Uncirculated Reverse
2014 America the Beautiful Quarters Coin Uncirculated Obverse
Coin Description
Reverse
Features a father and son playing in the sand next to Modano Creek. The distinctive Sangre de Cristo Mountains and sand dunes fill the background.
Obverse
Features the portrait of George Washington by John Flanagan, used on the quarter-dollar coin since 1932.
The Story
Colorado is the home of Great Sand Dunes National Park. The quarter that honors the park is 24th in the America the Beautiful Quarters® Program.
This park has the tallest dunes in North America. The park’s other landscape features include grasslands, wetlands, forests, lakes, and tundra. This variety provides visitors with a wide range of activities like hiking, sand sledding, splashing in the creek, and watching wildlife.
Great Sand Dunes National Park was first established as a national monument on March 17, 1932.
2014 America the Beautiful Quarters Coin Great Sand Dunes Colorado Uncirculated Reverse
2014 America the Beautiful Quarters Coin Uncirculated Obverse