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Issued Date: June 11, 2018

Subject: Voyageurs National Park

Description: The 2018 Minnesota America the Beautiful Quarter commemorates Voyageurs National Park, featuring a common loon swimming in a lake with a rocky cliff and white pine trees in the background. Designed by Patricia Lucas-Morris and sculpted by Joseph Menna, the coin symbolizes the park’s northern landscape and water-based, natural beauty.

Key Features and Details:

Design Subject: A loon, symbolizing the state's natural heritage, set against the backdrop of the park's iconic rocky, pine-covered shorelines.

Inscriptions: "VOYAGEURS," "MINNESOTA," "2018," and "E PLURIBUS UNUM".

Obverse: Features the standard restored portrait of George Washington by John Flanagan.

Mint Locations: Produced at the Philadelphia and Denver mints.