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Garden Of The Gods will soon be on quarters

U.S. Mint
The Camel Rock formation in Garden Of The Gods

Since 2010 the United States Mint began issuing quarters featuring a variety of depictions of natural areas on the reverse side of the quarters.  In the Spring of 2016, five more quarters will be released to the general public and one of these new quarters features the Camel Rock formation in the Garden of The Gods Recreation Area.  Sue Hirsch, with the Shawnee National Forest talks about the news.For more information about Garden of The Gods visit: http://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/shawnee/recarea/?recid=10685

To learn more about the United States Mint American The Beautiful Quarters program

visit: http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/atb/

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