¼ Dollar ''Washington Quarter'' National Park of American Samoa

Features

Commemorative issue

National Park of American Samoa

Series: America the Beautiful Quarters® Program

Obverse

The portrait in left profile of George Washington, the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797.

Lettering:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
IN
GOD WE
TRUST
LIBERTY P
JF WC
QUARTER DOLLAR

Engravers: John Flanagan , William Cousins

Reverse

The reverse design depicts a Samoan fruit bat mother hanging in a tree with her pup. The image evokes the remarkable care and energy that this species puts into their offspring. The design is intended to promote awareness to the species’ threatened status due to habitat loss and commercial hunting. The National Park of American Samoa is the only park in the United States that is home to the Samoan fruit bat.

Lettering:
NATIONAL PARK
AMERICAN SAMOA
2020
E PLURIBUS UNUM

Engravers: Phebe Hemphill , Richard Masters

Edge

Reeded

Comments

National Park of American Samoa is located some 2,600 miles southwest of Hawaii and is one of the most remote in the U.S. National Park System. The site includes sections of three islands—Tutuila, Ta’ū, and Ofu. Almost all of the land area of these volcanic islands—from the mountaintops to the coast—is tropical rainforest. The park’s area totals 13,500 acres, 4,000 of which are underwater.

2020-W America the Beautiful quarter dollars were issued with an obverse privy mark paying homage to the 75th anniversary of American involvement at the end of World War II.