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1/4 Dollar 'Washington Quarter' Yosemite, California - Silver Proof
| Issuer | United States Mint |
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| Year | 2010 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1785-date) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse depicts El Capitan, the massive granite monolith rising dramatically above Yosemite Valley, rendered in fine detail against an open sky. The design, engraved by Phebe Hemphill and Joseph Menna, captures the sheer vertical face of the cliff with naturalistic precision. The inscription YOSEMITE arcs above the central motif, with CALIFORNIA below, flanked by the engravers' initials PH and JFM. The date 2010 appears in the lower field, and the national motto E PLURIBUS UNUM is inscribed along the lower rim. |
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The Yosemite quarter was issued as part of the America the Beautiful program, authorized by the America's Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008 — legislation that effectively extended the State Quarters concept for another decade by working through the National Park Service's inventory of federal lands. California's slot in the 2010 series placed Yosemite alongside Fort McHenry, Mount Hood, Yellowstone, and Hot Springs, the five parks chosen to open the program.
The .900 silver proof version was struck exclusively at San Francisco, with a mintage that ran to roughly 1.4 million across the full 2010 silver proof set.