New quarter commemorates the Blue Ridge Parkway


Blue Ridge ParkwayThe U.S. Mint has announced that the Blue Ridge Parkway will be commemorated with a special coin as part of its ongoing series honoring “America the Beautiful.” Coin collectors, Parkway enthusiasts and everyone else can start looking for the Parkway quarter at stores and banks beginning this month. The coin has the standard image of George Washington on the obverse (heads) side and an image of the Blue Ridge Parkway on the reverse (tails) side. The U.S. Mint says the design “depicts the grace and curvature of the road hugging the side of a mountain, with the North Carolina state flower in the foreground.” The America the Beautiful quarter featuring the Great Smoky Mountains National Park was released in early 2014.