2016-S ATB Quarter Fort Moultrie National Monument Gem Proof

The Fort Moultrie at Fort Sumter National Monument in South Carolina is the fifth release in 2016 of the U.S. Mint's popular America the Beautiful Quarter series.
Coin Highlights:

• Comes in protective plastic packaging.
• Features the "S" mint mark for the San Francisco Mint.
• Obverse: Portrait of George Washington originally designed by John Flanagan, with the inscriptions of "United States of America," "Liberty," "In God We Trust" and "Quarter Dollar."
• Reverse: The design depicts Sergeant William Jasper returning the regimental flag to the ramparts while under attack from a British ship. Inscriptions are "FORT MOULTRIE," "SOUTH CAROLINA," "2016" and "E PLURIBUS UNUM."
• Gem Proof condition.

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Fort Moultrie
Fort Moultrie was established as a national site in 1948 that, along with Johnson and Castle Pinckney, are part of a chain of defensive islands in the Charleston Harbor. The location of Fort Moultrie was an early flashpoint in the Revolutionary War. American soldiers led by Colonel William Moultrie were based on Sullivan's Island, building a fort, when they were attacked by British war ships. The early American revolutionaries made a retreat but were able to prevent the British from capturing Charleston, thus the island was named in honor of Moultrie. When South Carolina seceded from the Union in 1860, the forts again became a focal point, this time in the Civil War. As technology changed, the fortified naval armaments in Charleston Harbor became obsolete and were converted to national monuments. Today, Fort Moultrie has been restored to portray the major periods of history during its use, from a World War II control post all the way back to a small log fort built in 1776.