The United States Mint released the sixth coin of their America the Beautiful Quarters® Program in late January 2011. So far, they produced a total of 61.2 million circulation strikes of the Gettysburg National Military Park Quarter.
That is a low number, but this is just a preliminary production figure, of course, since the numbers may change again before the final mintage is revealed early next year. Continue reading Gettysburg National Military Park Quarter Mintage
The United States Mint on Thursday, March 3, 2011, released their America the Beautiful Quarters Three-Coin Set™ for Yosemite National Park. The coins in the Yosemite National Park Quarter Three-Coin Set are similar to the ones that went into circulation in July 2010, but they are instead struck for collectors and offered in three different qualities.
Each set includes one uncirculated Yosemite Quarter from Philadelphia, one uncirculated Yosemite Quarter from Denver, and one proof Yosemite Quarter from San Francisco. Continue reading Yosemite Quarter Three-Coin Set
The United States Mint on Thursday, January 27, 2011, released rolls and bags of the Gettysburg National Military Park Quarters. The coins honor the national military park located within the state of Pennsylvania.
The first quarter issue of the year, and the sixth since the America the Beautiful Quarters® Program was released into circulation on Monday through Federal Reserve Banks. The US Mint in a ceremonial capacity, along with the National Park Service, released the quarters publicly on Tuesday. Continue reading 2011 Gettysburg Quarter Rolls and Bags
Gettysburg, a town synonymous in many people’s minds with the American Civil War, was the site on Tuesday, January 25, 2011, for the United States Mint’s official public launch ceremony of the Gettysburg National Military Park Quarter.
The brand new quarter features the 72nd Pennsylvania Infantry Monument on the reverse side and the familiar portrait of George Washington on the obverse. It is the sixth quarter in the America the Beautiful Quarters® that started last year, and it is the first of its kind to honor a Civil War park. Continue reading Gettysburg National Military Park Quarter Ceremony
The US Mint published images of the reverse side of the uncirculated versions for each of the five National Parks that will be featured this year on U.S. quarters.
In the order that the National Park Quarters will be released into circulation, the honorees are Pennsylvania’s Gettysburg National Military Park, Montana’s Glacier National Park, Washington’s Olympic National Park, Mississippi’s Vicksburg National Military Park, and Oklahoma’s Chickasaw National Recreation Area.
The uncirculated reverse images and descriptions are listed below. Continue reading 2011 National Park Quarter Images
The United States Mint 2010 preliminary production figures for the Mount Hood National Forest Quarter were reported at 68.8 million. Final mintage numbers are expected within weeks.
These production numbers represent coins produced for circulation via Federal Reserve Banks as well as the rolls and bags of coins that are sold on the United States Mint’s website.
The Mount Hood National Forest Quarter is the fifth and last coin of 2010 in the America the Beautiful Quarters® Program.It was released on November 15, 2010. Continue reading Mount Hood National Forest Quarter Mintages
Today at noon Eastern Time, the United States Mint released the 2010 America the Beautiful Quarters Circulating Coin Set™. The set contains 10 circulation-quality quarters — four National Park Quarters and one National Forest Quarter.
There are two of each of the new 2010 quarter designs, five are minted at the Mint facility in Philadelphia and five are struck in Denver’s facility. Continue reading 2010 Quarters Circulating Coin Set