The reverse design depicts a Latina Folklórico dancer and the NPS logo, representing the multi-faceted cultural experience found in America’s national parks. The silver coin obverse design features Yellowstone National Park’s Old Faithful geyser and a bison.
The gold coin obverse design features John Muir and Theodore Roosevelt with Yosemite National Park’s Half Dome in the background, while the reverse design features the NPS logo. “The designs are beautiful, historical, and highly collectible.” “I’m proud to say that together we’ve answered the call from Congress to create coin designs emblematic of the exemplary and unparalleled achievements of the National Park Service over the last 100 years,” she said. Treasurer Rios praised the designs that will grace $5 gold, $1 silver and half dollar clad coins. Jarvis, and National Park Foundation (NPF) President and Chief Executive Officer Will Shafroth for the ceremony. Treasurer of the United States Rosie Rios joined National Park Service (NPS) Director Jonathan B. National Park Service 100th Anniversary Commemorative Coinsĭesigns for the second commemorative coin program of 2016, honoring the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service, were unveiled during a ceremony at the Department of the Interior. the University of California, Berkeley Elmira College in New York and the Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum in Hannibal, Mo. Surcharges collected from coin sales-$35 for each gold coin and $10 for each silver coin-are authorized to be distributed to the Mark Twain House & Museum in Hartford, Conn. Legislation authorizing the Mark Twain Commemorative Coin Program calls for production of not more than 100,000 $5 gold coins and 350,000 $1 silver coins in proof and uncirculated qualities. The reverse design features an assortment of characters leaping to life from Twain’s works: The knight and horse from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, the frog from The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, and Jim and Huck from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The silver coin obverse design features a portrait of the author holding a pipe with the smoke forming a silhouette of Huck Finn and Jim on a raft in the background. The gold coin obverse (heads side) design features a portrait of Twain, while the reverse (tails side) depicts a steamboat on the Mississippi River. Emblematic of Twain’s life and legacy, the striking designs will grace a $5 gold coin and a $1 silver coin. The eagerly anticipated commemorative coin designs for 2016 were officially unveiled at two ceremonies in November.ĭesigns for the Mark Twain Commemorative Coin Program were unveiled at the Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum in Hannibal, Mo.
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