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1/4 Dollar 'Washington Quarter' White Mountain National Forest, New Hampshire - Silver Proof
| Issuer | United States Mint |
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| Year | 2013 |
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| Engraver(s) | Phebe Hemphill |
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| Reverse description | The central field depicts a scenic landscape of White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire, featuring a panoramic view of a mountain peak framed by tall pine trees in the foreground, with a rocky stream and meadow in the middle ground rendered in fine detail. The legend WHITE MOUNTAIN arcs along the upper periphery, while NEW HAMPSHIRE is inscribed along the lower left and E PLURIBUS UNUM along the lower right. The date 2013 appears in the exergue at the bottom. The design was engraved by Phebe Hemphill and evokes the majestic natural beauty of the White Mountains. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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New Hampshire's White Mountain National Forest quarter was the third release in the America the Beautiful series' fifth year, part of the 56-coin program authorized by the America's Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008. The silver proof version — struck at San Francisco — uses the same .900 fine composition inherited from pre-1965 coinage, a deliberate nod to the earlier Washington quarter standard rather than the clad composition used for circulation strikes.
The White Mountains were federally protected under the Weeks Act of 1911, which itself was a landmark in federal land acquisition — the first law permitting the government to purchase private land specifically for national forest creation in the eastern United States.