The Bats On America's 2020 Quarter...

[Tone]

What's with the momma bat and the baby bat on the new quarter?

I just noticed it as I pulled a couple quarters out of my pocket.

I wonder if it was designed pre or post The C-19...

 

[Sabertooth]

It is to commemorate American Samoa, just like the state-specific coins.

 

[timothyu]

So not a deep state easter egg.

 

[PloverWing]

From the web site of the US Mint (National Park of American Samoa Quarter | U.S. Mint):

The reverse (tails) design depicts a Samoan fruit bat mother hanging in a tree with her pup. The image evokes the remarkable care and energy that this species puts into their offspring. The design is intended to promote awareness to the species’ threatened status due to habitat loss and commercial hunting. The National Park of American Samoa is the only park in the United States that is home to the Samoan fruit bat.

 

[durangodawood]

From the web site of the US Mint (National Park of American Samoa Quarter | U.S. Mint):

I approve of this coin design.

More animals on coins, please. Its too easy to forget that we share the world with other types of beings.

 

[timothyu]

Its too easy to forget that we share the world with other types of beings.

Often overlooked because they don't need monetary credit nor do they vote.

 

[Tone]

too easy to forget that we share the world with other types of beings.

Yeah maybe we should put angels and demons too...or maybe we already have...

 

[durangodawood]

Yeah maybe we should put angels and demons too...or maybe we already have...

Those are a matter of faith. Everybody believes in bats and other animals tho.

 

[Sabertooth]

Everybody believes in bats...

(Not baseball conspiracy theorists... )