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Article: Mount Rushmore National Memorial to be Featured in United States Mint America the Beautiful Quarters(TM) Program
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- September 9, 2009
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To: STATE EDITORS
Contact: Carolyn Fields, United States Mint, +1-202-354-7222
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The United States
Mint announced today that the nation will honor Mount Rushmore
National Memorial in South Dakota through its new quarter-dollar
coin program. The Mount Rushmore design will be the 20th to be
featured on coins released under the United States Mint America the
Beautiful Quarters Program, and will be issued in 2013.
Over the decades, Mount Rushmore has grown in fame as a symbol of
America - a symbol of freedom and a hope for people from all
cultures and backgrounds. The sculpture, located in the scenic Black
Hills of South Dakota, features the heads ...