Photo: U.S. MintEveryone’s change in 2020 is going to be a little bit battier.The U.S. Mint has revealed the latest design that will appear on quarters this year as part of theAmerica the Beautiful Quarters Programthat was launched in 2010.These quarters will feature the Samoan fruit bat in honor of the National Park of American Samoa.The design features a mother fruit bat hanging upside down as her cub peers out from her wings, evoking “the remarkable care and energy that this species puts into their offspring,”the U.S. Mint said.Fruit bats are much different than the small cave-dwellers that usually come to mind at the word “bat.”RELATED VIDEO: The Pros and Cons of Groupon TripsThe animals are active both during the day and night and can have a wingspan of up to three feet,according to the National Park Service. Three species occupy the National Park of America Samoa, two that are large and one that’s smaller and eats insects.“The design is intended to promote awareness to the species’ threatened status due to habitat loss and commercial hunting,” the Mint said. “The National Park of American Samoa is the only park in the United States that is home to the Samoan fruit bat.”The 25-cent pieces will be inscribed with the words “National Park American Samoa 2020,” as well as the tradition motto of the United States, “E pluribus unum,” which appears on all U.S. coins and is Latin for “out of many, one.”The new quarters will be released on February 3, the U.S. Mint said.Other new quarter designs that coin enthusiasts can expect to see in 2020 include theWeir Farm National Historic Sitein Connecticut, theSalt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preservein the U.S. Virgin Islands, theMarsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Parkin Vermont and theTallgrass Prairie National Preservein Kansas.
Photo: U.S. Mint
Everyone’s change in 2020 is going to be a little bit battier.The U.S. Mint has revealed the latest design that will appear on quarters this year as part of theAmerica the Beautiful Quarters Programthat was launched in 2010.These quarters will feature the Samoan fruit bat in honor of the National Park of American Samoa.The design features a mother fruit bat hanging upside down as her cub peers out from her wings, evoking “the remarkable care and energy that this species puts into their offspring,”the U.S. Mint said.Fruit bats are much different than the small cave-dwellers that usually come to mind at the word “bat.”RELATED VIDEO: The Pros and Cons of Groupon TripsThe animals are active both during the day and night and can have a wingspan of up to three feet,according to the National Park Service. Three species occupy the National Park of America Samoa, two that are large and one that’s smaller and eats insects.“The design is intended to promote awareness to the species’ threatened status due to habitat loss and commercial hunting,” the Mint said. “The National Park of American Samoa is the only park in the United States that is home to the Samoan fruit bat.”The 25-cent pieces will be inscribed with the words “National Park American Samoa 2020,” as well as the tradition motto of the United States, “E pluribus unum,” which appears on all U.S. coins and is Latin for “out of many, one.”The new quarters will be released on February 3, the U.S. Mint said.Other new quarter designs that coin enthusiasts can expect to see in 2020 include theWeir Farm National Historic Sitein Connecticut, theSalt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preservein the U.S. Virgin Islands, theMarsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Parkin Vermont and theTallgrass Prairie National Preservein Kansas.
Everyone’s change in 2020 is going to be a little bit battier.
The U.S. Mint has revealed the latest design that will appear on quarters this year as part of theAmerica the Beautiful Quarters Programthat was launched in 2010.
These quarters will feature the Samoan fruit bat in honor of the National Park of American Samoa.
The design features a mother fruit bat hanging upside down as her cub peers out from her wings, evoking “the remarkable care and energy that this species puts into their offspring,”the U.S. Mint said.
Fruit bats are much different than the small cave-dwellers that usually come to mind at the word “bat.”
RELATED VIDEO: The Pros and Cons of Groupon Trips
The animals are active both during the day and night and can have a wingspan of up to three feet,according to the National Park Service. Three species occupy the National Park of America Samoa, two that are large and one that’s smaller and eats insects.
“The design is intended to promote awareness to the species’ threatened status due to habitat loss and commercial hunting,” the Mint said. “The National Park of American Samoa is the only park in the United States that is home to the Samoan fruit bat.”
The 25-cent pieces will be inscribed with the words “National Park American Samoa 2020,” as well as the tradition motto of the United States, “E pluribus unum,” which appears on all U.S. coins and is Latin for “out of many, one.”
The new quarters will be released on February 3, the U.S. Mint said.
Other new quarter designs that coin enthusiasts can expect to see in 2020 include theWeir Farm National Historic Sitein Connecticut, theSalt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preservein the U.S. Virgin Islands, theMarsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Parkin Vermont and theTallgrass Prairie National Preservein Kansas.
source: people.com
