25 cents 2012 11th National Forest El Juncke

25 cents (quater) of 2012 from the National Parks series - the 11th National Forest of El Yunque, Puerto Rico.

Obverse: In the center of the coin is a portrait of President George Washington to the left (shown in the restored version of the original portrait, used since 1932 on coin-kvarterah). Above the semicircular name of the issuing country: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, in the semicircle the value of the coin is written - QUARTER DOLLAR. To the left of the portrait is minted the word LIBERTY (FREEDOM), on the right in a few lines - IN GOD WE TRUST (WE BELIEVE IN GOD) and the letter of the mint.

Reverse: In the central part of the coin field, images of a tree frog sitting on a leaf, and a parrot of Puerto Rico, located on a branch of a tropical plant behind an epiphytic plant, are presented. Near the edge of the coin a semicircular inscription:
In the upper part - "EL YUNQUE" (El-Yunke);
In the bottom - on the left "PUERT RICO" (Puerto Rico) and on the right "E PLURIBUS UNUM" (the motto of the USA - from many - one).
Also in the lower part is the year of coinage in the form of a horizontal inscription "2012".

The El Yunque National Forest is a tropical nature reserve located in the southeast of Puerto Rico. The Caribbean National Forest, often called El Yunque, covers an area of ​​more than 11,000 hectares and is the only tropical forest in the United States.

Wild thickets, waterfalls, exotic animals and plants with two-meter leaves - all this is extremely attractive for tourists. The lush nature is irrigated by frequent tropical showers. Long ago this area was called Rain Forest (Rain Forest) - for a year here spills 200 million liters of precipitation.

El-Yunke is famous for its ferns - there are 150 species of this plant. Of the 240 species of trees, 23 grow only in the Caribbean forest, 50 species of orchids, including dwarf ones, can be found on its territory. Reptiles, amphibians, birds are represented by exotic species, such as the Puerto Rican parrot.

The largest forest celebrity, which became an unofficial symbol of Puerto Rico, is the little leafy frog Koki. Tiny amphibians 3-5 cm in size produce sounds up to 100 dB, so a colony of frogs can stun a person - this kind of "chorus" is called "hellish chanting" by locals.

El-Junke - the oldest American reserve, the status of the protected he received back in 1876. A hundred years later, the forest was recognized as a biosphere reserve under UN protection. The tropical forest of Puerto Rico provides all the amenities for travelers: information centers, excursions, forest hiking trails and transport roads, observation towers, from which fabulous landscapes with bright colors, dense fogs and magnificent waterfalls open.

Release date: January 23, 2012.