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 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.
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.
The United States Mint is gearing up to launch their first of five 2010 America the Beautiful Quarters Three-Coin Set which will feature the Arkansas Hot Springs quarter. The collectible set will go on sale on Wednesday, November 17, 2010, at noon Eastern Time (ET).
Hot Springs National Park Quarter Three-Coin Set
For a price of $13.95, the Hot Springs National Park Quarter Three-Coin Set includes one proof-quality quarter-dollar from the mint facility in San Francisco with the ‘S’ mint mark, plus two uncirculated-quality strikes from the other facilities in Philadelphia and Denver with the ‘P’ and ‘D’ mint marks. Continue reading Hot Springs National Park Quarter Three-Coin Set→
Bags and rolls of the fifth 2010 America the Beautiful Quarter, featuring Mount Hood National Forest in Oregon, were released today, November 15, 2010, at noon Eastern Time (ET). The coins also entered public circulation via the banking system.
Mount Hood National Forest Quarter Rolls and Bags
The two-roll quarter set, at $32.95, has 80 total circulation quality quarter-dollars. One roll will contain 40 Mount Hood coins with the Philadelphia "P" mint mark and the other roll includes 40 Denver "D" mint marked Mount Hood quarters. Continue reading 2010 Mount Hood Quarter Rolls and Bags→
The festivities are scheduled to be held on Wednesday, November 17, 2010, at the World Forestry Center located at 4033 SW Canyon Road in Portland, Oregon, just a few miles away from the borders of the national forest itself. A start time of 10:30 AM (Pacific) is listed.
A coin exchange will also be offered following the ceremony, typical of other U.S. Mint releases. At the exchange, guests will be able to trade cash for rolls of the 2010 Mount Hood Quarters. Children 18 and under will receive a free new quarter dollar just for attending. Continue reading Mount Hood National Forest Quarter Ceremony Information→
The United States Mint has published production figures for the Grand Canyon National Park Quarter which launched into circulation on September 20, 2010. The numbers show more were struck in total than the prior three quarters.
According to figures, 70,200,000 Grand Canyon quarters were produced. When broken out, 35,400,000 were made at the Denver mint, and 34,800,000 were manufactured at the plant in Philadelphia.
These numbers are subject to change. In fact, they have once, as did the Hot Springs quarters — both in September. As originally reported in June 2010, Hot Springs had the lowest mintage and Yosemite had the highest. When the U.S. Mint released the latest numbers, the Hot Springs and the first batch of Grand Canyon totals increased, as highlighted by the following new mintage figures: Continue reading Grand Canyon National Park Quarter Mintages→
The latest information about National Park Quarters, the U.S. Mint series of 2010-2021 America the Beautiful Quarters that commemorate national parks and other national sites throughout the U.S. and its territories.
