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Honors Weir Farm National Historic Site This three-roll set (with each roll containing 40 quarters) is the second release in 2020 in the America the Beautiful Quarters® Program Minted at the Philadelphia, Denver, & San Francisco Mints DESCRIPTION 2020 America the Beautiful Quarters® Program - Weir Farm National Historic Site Rolls & Bags The Weir Farm National Historic Site quarter is the second in 2020 & 52nd overall in the America the Beautiful Quarters Program. Weir Farm National Historic Site is associated with the development of American Impressionism during the height of the artistic movement at the end of the 19th century. The park was home to three generations of American artists beginning with Julian Alden Weir, who acquired the farm in 1882. Weir Farm is a pristine setting where contemporary artists can connect & paint in the same place that many American masters did. Designed & preserved by artists, the historic site is a singular crossroads of creativity, art, & nature. Weir Farm includes a 60-acre cultural landscape consisting of 15 historic structures, including houses, barns, studios, & outbuildings. The landscape features historic gardens, stone terraces, orchards, fields, stone-laid walls, a pond, & hundreds of historic painting sitesall expertly preserved. The artistic tradition at Weir Farm is kept alive through an Artist-in-Residence Program, free art supplies, night painting, & art classes. The coin's reverse design portrays an artist wearing a painter's smock, painting outside Julian Alden Weir's studio at Weir Farm. It was inspired by various images of the studio & Weir's paintings created on the property, as well as descriptions of Weir & his fellow artists' creative inspiration from the rural environment. The inscription "A NATIONAL PARK FOR ART" is included. Additional inscriptions are "WEIR FARM," "CONNECTICUT," "2020," & "E PLURIBUS UNUM." Please Note: United States Mint coins are rolled by an automated machine process & not by hand. We cannot guarantee that the obverse (heads) or reverse (tails) of a coin will be at either end of a coin roll. SPECIFICATIONS Denomination:Quarter Composition:8.33% Nickel, Balance Copper Weight:5.670 grams Diameter:0.955 inch (24.26 mm) Edge: U.s. Mint Weir Farm National Historic Site 2020 3 Roll Set Pds Quarters 20Arf
