Description: 2017 P Effigy Mounds Iowa State Quarter Uncirculated From USA US Mint Ungraded CoinPhiladelphia Mint Mark / "P" Letter Mint MarkBackgroundEffigy Mounds National Monument was established in 1949. The park protects one of the largest remaining concentrations of ancient American Indian earthworks in the United States. It is considered a sacred landscape by members of many modern-day tribes whose ancestors once lived here.The majority of the mounds were constructed between one thousand and two thousand years ago — often to inter the dead, but sometimes for ceremonial purposes, or to tell important stories.The park is home to more than 200 mounds in a wide variety of forms, including more than 30 animal or bird-shaped “effigy” mounds for which the park is named. Often more than 100 feet long individually, many of these animal and bird shaped mounds are perched high atop rugged bluffs overlooking the adjacent Mississippi River. Aside from preserving these tangible links to an ancient and highly creative people, the park features outstanding views of the Mississippi River Valley, and hosts many of the native plant and animal communities that sustained people in this area for millennia.CharacteristicsThe coin design depicts an aerial view of mounds in the Marching Bear Group. Design candidates were developed in consultation with representatives of Effigy Mounds National Monument.Obverse InscriptionsUNITED STATES OF AMERICALIBERTYIN GOD WE TRUSTQUARTER DOLLARReverse InscriptionsEFFIGY MOUNDSIOWA2017E PLURIBUS UNUM
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Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
End Time: 2024-09-18T20:48:25.000Z
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Circulated/Uncirculated: Uncirculated
Denomination: 25C
Coin: America the Beautiful 2010-Now
Composition: Copper-Nickel
Year: 2017
Strike Type: Business
Mint Location: Philadelphia
Grade: Ungraded
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Variety: Apostle Islands, Effigy Mounds, Ellis Island, Harpers Ferry, Salt River Bay, Tushegee Airmen
Certification: U.S. Mint
Modified Item: No