Continuing the State Quarters series, the US Mint started in 2010 a new series depicting a national park or national site, one from each state, the District of Columbia, and each territory. It is called "America the Beautiful".

They will be issued in the order of which that park or site was deemed a national site.

Each year five different coins representing five different parks or sites will be minted.

All the coins obverses show the same profile of George Washington and the reverses were usually chosen in popular contests in each state.

Here are three more coins issued in this series.

The first is the 2011 "Glacier National Park" in Montana. It was deemed a National Park on February 22, 1897. The obverse depicts a mountain goat with Reynolds Mountain in the background.

The second is the 2011 "Olympic National Park" in Washington. It was deemed a National Park on February 22, 1897. The obverse depicts a Roosevelt elk at the Hoh River with Mount Olympus in the background.

The third is the 2011 "Vicksburg National Military Park" in Mississippi, It was deemed a National Park on February 21, 1899. The obverse depicts the USS Cairo on the Yazoo River.

This series will continue very soon.

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