[Geysers] National park quarters

[Freund, Udo]

Colorado's Great Sand Dunes, 1932 is listed for Colorado.  I agree with the A.C. that Rocky Mountain is one of the best and would have been a better choice.  It certainly came before, which I thought was a criteria.  I suppose it's difficult choosing just one park in states such as California, Washington or Utah, which have several great ones each.  Some have suggested that the entire southern 1/3 of Utah is worthy of being a single national park.  My personal favorite is Bryce Canyon (Ebenezer Bryce: "Helluva place to lose a cow.").  Parks apparently weren't chosen by visitation numbers or earliest dates (dartboard?) so I too am mystified by all this.

Besides marketing to coin collectors (proof sets are the best quality, www.usmint.gov<http://www.usmint.gov>) I thought this was an effort to promote National Parks in all 50 states.  Since many states, especially those east of the Mississippi, have none I suppose it was okay to substitute monuments, forests, preserves, etc.  But when did Puerto Rico, District of Columbia, Guam, U.S. Virgin Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa become states?  Do we need a 56 star flag now?

Assisting the assistant curmudgeon,
Udo Freund


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Where is Colorado, Rocky Mountain National Park, 1914?????

The Assistant Curmudgeon
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