2011 (P) Vicksburg National Military Park (Mississippi)

This 2011 Vicksburg National Military Park quarter is minted at the United States Mint at Philadelphia  and has never been placed into circulation.

The 2011 Vicksburg National Military Park Quarter is the fourth quarter-dollar release in 2011, and the ninth in the U.S. Mint America the Beautiful Quarter Program. The coin features Vicksburg National Military Park in the state of Mississippi.

These coins honouring the military park entered into general circulation through the Federal Reserve Banks on 29^th August 2011.

The final design for the reverse of the Vicksburg National Military Park Quarter was chosen by the Secretary of the Treasury from design candidates submitted to him by the Director of the US Mint. His selection shows the U.S.S. Cairo as it would have appeared steaming down the Yazoo River during the American Civil War. The Cairo was recovered and partially reconstructed and is now on display at Vicksburg National Military Park. The reverse was designed by AIP Master Designer Thomas Cleveland and sculpted by United States Mint Sculptor-Engraver Joseph Menna.