2016 (P) Theodore Roosevelt National Park (North Dakota)

This 2016 Theodore Roosevelt National Park of North Dakota quarter is minted at the United States Mint at Philadelphia and has never been placed into circulation.

Theodore Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota is the fourth of five sites celebrated in 2016 on a U.S. quarter. Overall, it is the 34th of 56 scheduled from the United States Mint program of America the Beautiful Quarters, a series that commemorates national parks and other national sites throughout the United States and its territories.

Joel Iskowitz designed and Phebe Hemphill sculpted the reverse or tails side of the quarter.  The design depicts a young Teddy Roosevelt on horseback surveying the terrain near the Little Missouri River. Around the image are inscriptions of THEODORE ROOSEVELT, NORTH DAKOTA, 2016 and E PLURIBUS UNUM.

Obverses or heads side of quarters share the same design, John Flanagan’s effigy of George Washington with surrounding inscriptions of UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, LIBERTY, IN GOD WE TRUST, QUARTER DOLLAR, and a letter or mintmark denoting which U.S. Mint facility made it.