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Official set of series "Russian Federation". Issue 11
Official set of series "Russian Federation". Issue 11
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Depth | 1,7 |
Weight | 5,67 |
Diameter (mm) | 24,3 |
Material | Copper-Nickel |
Edge of the coin (milling) | fluted |
Country | USA |
Release date | 2015 |
Quality | UNC |
25 cents (quater) 2015 from the National Parks series - the 29th National Wildlife Refuge in Bombay Hook State of Delaware.
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 center of the coin there is an image of a national park. In the circle of the coin there are inscriptions: the year of coinage, the state name, the park and the motto "E Pluribus Unum". Also at the bottom is the year of coinage "2015" ..
Marshes, a huge number of ducks and geese, hundreds of thousands of birds and the Atlantic coast ... In 1937, Bombay Hook was established on the coast of the Delaware Bay to protect migratory and non-migratory waterfowl along the Atlantic migration route. Today, the reserve protects all wildlife on its territory, but special attention is paid to flight birds. In addition, within the limits of the reserve there is the rural house Allee, included in the National Register of Historic Places, built before the War of Independence (1775-1783). Until the 1970s. On the bank of the canal, built from the city of Smyrna to the Delaware Bay at the end of the 17th century, there was still a lighthouse, but was burned by unknown vandals. The same fate befell in 1984 the settlement of Mahon (Mahon) with a lighthouse on the southern border of the reserve.
The name Bombay Hook comes from the Dutch Boompjes or Boompjes hoeck ("a place where there is not enough wood"). In 1679, Peter Bayard, a settler of Dutch origin, bought the wetlands on which the reserve is now located. For land, he paid 1 unit of weapons, 4 handfuls of gunpowder, 3 vests, 1 liqueur and 1 teapot. At that time, the internal bogs of Bombay Hook were protected from storms and tides by dunes. But in 1878 there was a strong storm, and the dunes were destroyed. In 1937 coastal
Solonchaks, prone to tidal action, were purchased by the authorities from private property to create the Bombay Hook.
When organizing a wildlife refuge in these places, a dam was built, three freshwater reservoirs, more than 50,000 trees were planted, and administrative buildings and roads were built. The swamps, rivers and shores of Bombay Hook are a natural habitat for many birds and mammals, and a breeding ground for a number of marine organisms of sports and commercial value. In addition, the reserve covers an area of 4.5 km² and grows cereals to provide enough food for waterfowl and other birds (there are about 350 of them).
In Bombay Hook, controlled seasonal hunting for waterfowl and deer is permitted.
Released: September 14, 2015.