National Park Quarters Overview
New US quarters with rotating designs will begin in 2010 and last at least through to 2021. Each year will feature five new quarters, with the final year of the program having one.
The quarter-dollar legislation to create commemorative quarters honoring national parks and national sites in each state, D.C. and U.S. Territory was introduced in both the House and Senate in June of 2008.
The legislation was very popular. It quickly passed in the House on July 9, 2008 and passed the Senate on December 10, 2008. President Bush signed the bill into law on December, 23, 2008. With that, five differently designed quarters will be released yearly beginning in 2010.
Check the menus at top and to the sides for the latest information. Here is a short summary of the National Park Quarter bill:
America's Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008 - Requires quarter dollars, issued beginning in 2010, to have designs on the reverse emblematic of one national site in each state, the District of Columbia and territory of the United States.
Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to select in each state a national park or other national site to be honored with a coin. Requires five coin designs in each year of the period of issuance.
Instructs the Secretary to strike and make available for sale silver bullion coins that are exact duplicates of such quarter dollars.
Authorizes the Director of the National Park Service to purchase for resale or distribution numismatic items issued under this Act.
On September 9, 2009, the United States Mint officially announced the name for the series, calling it the United States Mint America the Beautiful Quarters Program. It also released the order of National Parks and National Sites to be featured on each quarter-dollar through to 2021.
2010 America the Beautiful Quarter designs have already been created and are under review. Stay tuned to this Web site for upcoming announcements, and make sure to read our latest National Park Quarter News.