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New Pictured Rocks quarter unveiled

MUNISING, MI (AP)--   A new quarter commemorates Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.

The U.S. Mint and the National Park Service held an event Wednesday to launch the "America the Beautiful Quarters Program" coin.

The Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore quarter is the 41st release in the program, a 12-year initiative that honors national parks and other national sites. Each year, five new national sites are being depicted on the tail sides of America the Beautiful quarters.

The Pictured Rocks coin shows Chapel Rock and a pine tree that grows atop it.

The U.S. Mint is issuing quarters in the order in which the national sites were officially established.

Nicole was born near Detroit but has lived in the U.P. most of her life. She graduated from Marquette Senior High School and attended Michigan State and Northern Michigan Universities, graduating from NMU in 1993 with a degree in English.