2010 National Park Quarter Candidate Designs
2010 is the inaugural year for America the Beautiful Quarters Program which will feature 56 rotating reverse designs for the next eleven years. These designs are to honor national parks and other national sites in each state, DC and US Territories.
The United States Mint’s process for creating the new quarter-dollars includes the production of several candidate designs featuring themes for the selected national park or site. These are then submitted to the Secretary of the Interior, the chief executive of the host jurisdiction (State/District of Columbia/Territory), the Commission of Fine Arts (CFA), and the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) for review and comment.
The candidates for the 2010 National Park Quarter Designs have already passed this step, and are at the next phase where the U.S. Mint Director makes the final recommendations to the Secretary of Treasury, who is tasked by the America’s Beautiful National Park Quarters Dollar Coin Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-456) to make the final design selections.
The following includes the park and site quarter candidate designs, in line art form, along with the recommendations made by the CFA and CCAC. Read more
2010 National Park Quarter Products
With the New Year upon us, it is time to start thinking of 2010 issues coming from the United States Mint. One of the most highly anticipated among collectors is the debut of the America the Beautiful Quarters Program, featuring commemorative quarter-dollars honoring national parks and other national sites.
Containing five new designs annually for the length of the 11-year series, the US Mint will be issuing many related products as a result of the program throughout the course of each year. Those familiar with the 50-State Quarter Program and its follow-up DC and Territories Program will recognize most of the options.
According to the Mint, the five new quarters to be issued in 2010 have the following anticipated release months: Read more
America the Beautiful Quarters Program
The United States Mint America the Beautiful Quarters™ Program was officially announced on September 9th, 2009. This new program encompasses a total of 56 new quarter designs that will run from 2010 through 2021.
At a rate of 5 per year, a new quarter will be issued featuring a reverse design emblematic of a National Park or National Site from each state as well as Washington D.C. and the U.S. territories. After consulting with the executive in charge of each locality and with the Secretary of the Interior, the US Mint submitted a list of recommended sites to Secretary of the Treasury Timothy F. Geithner who approved it on August 25, 2009. The order of issue for each coin will be determined by the date the site officially came under the control of the United States government.
As such, Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas will be the first coin in the new series. It was created as a reservation area in 1832 and renamed a National Park in 1922. The other coins due out in 2010 are Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, Yosemite National Park in California, Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona and Mount Hood National Forest in Oregon. Read more
Yellowstone to be Featured in 2010 on First Parks Quarter
Editor’s update: The US Mint announced the national park and site quarter release scheduled Wednesday, Sept. 9. In a surprise, Yellowstone National Park will be released second in 2010. Although it is the first American national park, Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas was selected first having been designated a reserve first. For more developments, read America the Beautiful Quarters Introduced on CoinNews.
The United States Mint is scheduled to announce on Wednesday, Sept. 9, the list of 56 historic sites and parks to be commemorated on the new quarter-dollar series beginning in 2010. These National Parks Quarters will run for 11 years and feature one location from each state as well as the District of Columbia and the five U.S. territories.
Authorized by the America’s Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-156), the coins will still apparently bear the likeness of George Washington on the obverse (heads side), as they have done since 1932. However, located on the reverse (tails side) will be a design emblematic of the chosen location.
The first site in the list and to be featured in the new series is already known. 2010 will kickoff with the Yellowstone National Park Quarter. Read more