In 2010, the US Mint launched the "America the Beautiful" quarters program. Five quarters will be issued each year through 2020 (and one in 2021), for a total of 56 different designs. Each quarter will depict a national park or site from each of the 50 states, the federal district, and each territory). American Samoa's coin features National Park of American Samoa,
The Samoan fruit bat is also known as the Samoa Flying Fox, probably because they are practically the size of a fox, with a wingspan up to 90 cm (almost three feet). Not quite fox-size, but larger than the bats most people are used to. The coin features a bat mother with her pup.
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