National Park Series

They may find themselves in trouble not being able to get the "first day of issue" coins. Unlike the State Quarters, the Fed is not permitting the banks to special order the National parks quarters so they will not be sitting on hand at the banks for issuing on the first official day of issue. The fed says that bank orders will be filled with whatever quarter happen to be on hand, circulated first and then Uncs.

I'm glad to see there is no shortage of national park quarter haters out there ... is always one that spouts off with some holier than thou speech ...ROF.

I just saw the list of designs... and the Devil's Tower Monument didn't make the list?!?!
It was the very first national monument!

And I also was taking a look at some of the other designs and I noticed that according to this new series the Statue of Liberty is in New Jersey, which I find odd since it is on Ellis island in New York harbor and was the official New York Immigration Station. And the best thing they came up with for DC ... The Frederick Douglass National Historic Site.
WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT... Yeah he was important but how about one of the War Memorials, Ford's Theater, the White House maybe? Or Possibly the Smithsonian?!?!?!

I am depressed

Well, they never really do appoint numismatists to top tier positions at the Mint or Treasury, do they?

You are mixing up two locations Ellis Island is in New York and it was the official New York Immigration Station. The Statue of Liberty is on Bedloe Island (Later called Liberty Island) and IS part of New Jersey even though the island is in New York Harbor.

here is a link to the list

http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs...siteRegister

Apparently it's not a mistake, since most of Ellis Island is part of New Jersey too...
The original island was in New York, but then they created a larger man-made portion attached to the original island, so it's now mostly in Jersey water.

But maybe there's not much else for Jersey to put on a national park monument without Ellis Island.

Menlo Park would have been a good choice. Even though Thomas Edison wasn't born in New Jersey, his Laboratories were in Menlo Park and nearby West Orange. Although being from New Jersey, I like having Ellis Island on the Quarter. It is a nice change and it should clear up some misconceptions about what state the Island is in.

I remember the courts decided sometime in the 1990's that Ellis Island is in New Jersey, except for a small portion of the Island which is in NY waters.