2016 (D) Fort Moultrie National Monument (South Carolina)

This 2016 Fort Moultrie (Fort Sumter National Monument) of South Carolina quarter is minted at the United States Mint at Denver and has never been placed into circulation.

The final U.S. quarter for 2016 commemorates Fort Moultrie (Fort Sumter National Monument) in South Carolina. It is the 35th release as part of the U.S. Mint program of America the Beautiful Quarters®. This series started in 2010 and lasts until 2021, honouring 56 unique national parks, memorials or other sites in the United States and its territories.

Richard Scott designed and Joseph Menna sculpted the reverse (tails side) of the Fort Moultrie Quarter. The design depicts Sergeant William Jasper returning the regimental flag to the ramparts while under attack from a British ship. Surrounding the design are inscriptions of FORT MOULTRIE, SOUTH CAROLINA, 2016 and E PLURIBUS UNUM.

Quarter obverses (heads side) share the same portrait, an effigy of George Washington as designed by John Flanagan. Inscriptions around the image include UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, LIBERTY, IN GOD WE TRUST, QUARTER DOLLAR, and a letter or mintmark denoting which U.S. Mint facility made it.