1/4 Dollar 'Washington Quarter' Hot Springs National Park - Silver 5 oz Bullion

The Hot Springs quarter was the first release in the America the Beautiful series, which Congress authorized in 2008 to run through 2021 — five designs per year covering national parks and sites across all fifty states, D.C., and the territories. The five-ounce silver bullion version was an afterthought commercially; the collector proof version sold out almost immediately at the Mint, while the bullion strikes sat unsold long enough to embarrass the program in its debut year.

Hot Springs itself was federally protected as early as 1832, predating the National Park Service by 84 years.