Salt River Bay Quarters for U.S. Virgin Islands Released in Rolls, Bags and Three-Coin Set

Thoughts of a tropical escape may come to mind when collectors consider the new United States Mint releases celebrating the Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve.

Product options include Salt River Bay quarters in rolls, bags and a three-coin set. These new quarter dollars showcase a reverse (tails side) design honoring the national site in the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The park is found on the island of St. Croix and is jointly managed by the National Park Service and Government of the United States Virgin Islands. The 1,015-arce park was established by Congress in 1992 to:

"Preserve, protect, and interpret for the benefit of present and future generations certain nationally significant historical, cultural, and natural sites and resources in the Virgin Islands."

In addition to many archaeological sites, the park contains coral reefs, a submarine canyon and some of the largest remaining mangrove forests in the Virgin Islands.

Salt River Bay Quarter Designs

A single immature red mangrove tree appears as the focal point on the reverse of the Salt River Bay quarter. The design is meant to bring awareness to the park’s endangered mangrove forests and the unique and delicate nature of how the species reproduces in salt water.

Inscriptions on the reverse include "SALT RIVER BAY," "U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS," "2020," and "E PLURIBUS UNUM." Richard Masters created the design and Joseph Menna sculpted it.

This coin marks the fifty-third of fifty-six strikes in the United States Mint’s America the Beautiful Quarters® Program. Like all other program coins, the obverse (heads side) offers the John Flanagan portrait of George Washington.

Inscriptions around the portrait read "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA," "LIBERTY," "IN GOD WE TRUST" and "QUARTER DOLLAR." Mintmarks are also found on the obverse with "P" for the Philadelphia Mint, "D" for the Denver Mint and "S" for the San Francisco Mint.

Salt River Bay Quarter Three-Coin Set

The newly available Salt River Bay Three-Coin Set includes the following three strikes:

• one 2020-S proof quarter from the San Francisco Mint,
• one 2020-P uncirculated quarter from the Philadelphia Mint and,
• one 2020-D uncirculated quarter from the Denver Mint.

All three coins come attached to a durable presentation card which offers a photographic image of Salt River Bay.

The back of the card offers summary information about the park, the coins themselves and a certificate of authenticity.

The three-coin set is priced at $11.50.

Salt River Bay Quarter Bags and Rolls

Six production options are included in the quarter rolls and bags. All contain circulation quality quarters taken from the production floors of the associated U.S. Mint facility.

Options and pricing are:

The Philadelphia and Denver Mints strike the circulating coinage of the nation, so Salt River Bay quarters from these facilities may eventually be seen in circulation. The San Francisco produced quarters, however, are only minted for numismatic purposes such as for these bags and rolls.

Ordering

Three-coin sets and the quarter rolls and bags may be ordered directly from the U.S. Mint’s online store for America the Beautiful products located here.

This quarter release is the third in the Mint’s America the Beautiful series for the year following coin’s honoring the National Park of American Samoa and the Weir Farm National Historic Site of Connecticut. Two more will follow later this year showcasing designs depicting Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park of Vermont and the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve of Kansas.

The series will end in 2021 with a quarter honoring the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site of Alabama.