by America the Beautiful Quarters Staff on January 31, 2012
The United States Mint is waiting until Friday, February 3, 2012 to make bags and rolls of the El Yunque National Forest Quarter available, even though the new quarters honoring Puerto Rico’s forest were released into general circulation two weeks earlier on Monday, January 23.
El Yunque National Forest Quarters Bags and Rolls
The good news is prices will be lower than last year’s products by several dollars. 100-coin bags of the 2012 dated quarters are now $34.95, compared to $49.95 for the 2011 bags, and the two-roll sets will be $32.95, which is down $7 from the previous $39.95 price. When the products go on sale, buyers can place their orders at http://www.usmint.gov/ or 1-800-USA-MINT (872-6468). [click to continue…]
by America the Beautiful Quarters Staff on January 17, 2012
New to the market today, January 17, is the 2012 America the Beautiful Quarters Proof Set. The United States Mint started offering it at noon Eastern Time for $14.95.
United States Mint image of the new America the Beautiful Quarters Proof Set
"United States Mint proof coins feature sharp relief and a mirror-like background. Their frosted, sculpted foregrounds give them a special cameo effect," the United States Mint describes. "Proof blanks are specially treated, polished and cleaned to ensure high-quality strikes. The blanks are then fed into presses fitted with specially polished dies and struck at least twice to ensure sharp relief."
The set contains proof-quality quarters struck at the United States Mint facility located in San Francisco. [click to continue…]
by America the Beautiful Quarters Staff on January 10, 2012
Today, January 10, 2012, the United States Mint released the 2012 America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set. The sets are available now for $41.95, plus the Mint’s standard shipping and handling charge of $4.95 per order.
United States Mint image of the new America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set
The 2012 America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set contains all five of the 2012-dated America the Beautiful Quarters® struck from 90% silver instead of the standard clad composition found in typical circulating quarter dollars. The coins of the set come encased in a protective lens to preserve their finish which also allows the holder to view both the obverse and reverse of each included strike. [click to continue…]
by America the Beautiful Quarters Staff on December 21, 2011
The last issue for 2011 in the United States Mint America the Beautiful Quarters Three-Coin Set™ series launched on Tuesday, December 20, 2011 at noon Eastern Time. The set honored Chickasaw National Recreation Area in Oklahoma.
U.S. Mint image of the Chickasaw America the Beautiful Quarters Three-Coin Set
It is the tenth three-coin set in the program that started in 2010. Every issue is available, at the time of this writing, for $14.95 each.
Three collector versions of the Chickasaw National Recreation Area Quarter are featured in the set. They include a proof quarter from the U.S. Mint facility in San Francisco, an uncirculated quarter from the facility in Philadelphia, and an uncirculated quarter from the facility in Denver. Each is clad, with a composition of 8.33% Nickel and the remaining balance is Copper. [click to continue…]
by America the Beautiful Quarters Staff on December 18, 2011
The United States Mint unveiled images of the final designs for the 2012 America the Beautiful Quarters. Although the images at this point are artwork displaying the designs, exceptional detail is shown. The 2012 quarters celebrate the following national sites: El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico, Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico, Acadia National Park in Maine, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park in Hawaii and Denali National Park in Alaska.
Final designs for the 2012 America the Beautiful Quarters were selected. Larger images and quarter release dates are provided below.
The coins represent the third year for the America the Beautiful Quarters® Program which feature five new designs annually on the coins’ reverses that are emblematic of selected national sites in every state, U.S. territory, and the District of Columbia (D.C.). [click to continue…]
by America the Beautiful Quarters Staff on November 29, 2011
The 2011 America the Beautiful Quarters Circulating Coin Set hit the market Tuesday, November 29. The 10-coin set contains circulation quality strikes and is priced at $9.95 plus shipping and handling.
2011 America the Beautiful Quarters Circulating Coin Set
Each of the five 2011 ATB quarters were minted at the United States Mint facilities responsible for producing the nation’s circulation coinage, located in Philadelphia and Denver. Specifically, the quarter-dollars in the circulating coin set include two each of the: [click to continue…]
by America the Beautiful Quarters Staff on November 15, 2011
The Chickasaw National Recreation Area Quarter was released into general circulation Monday, November 14, 2011. At noon Eastern Time on the same day, the United States Mint started offering 100-coin bags and two-roll sets of the 2011 Chickasaw Quarter on its website at http://www.usmint.gov/ and via its customer service phone line at 1-800-USA-MINT (872-6468).
The United States Mint on Monday sent an announcement to customers about the release of the 2011 Chickasaw National Recreation Area Quarter and its availability in bags and rolls. The above image was a part of the Mint’s promotion. A coin forum and official release ceremony will also be held this week.
Like other 2011 issues, the 100-coin bags are $49.95 and the two-roll sets are $39.95. Buyers have a choice of bags from the mint facility in Philadelphia or Denver, the two that are responsible for producing U.S. circulating coins. The two-roll set includes one $10 quarter roll from each facility, totaling 80 quarters in all. [click to continue…]
by America the Beautiful Quarters Staff on October 24, 2011
The Federal Reserve Bank published circulation release dates for the 2012 America the Beautiful Quarters. Upon dispensation, the Federal Reserve will fulfill inventory orders coming from various banks and other financial institutions across the nation who supply the general public’s circulating coinage.
2012 America the Beautiful Quarters Designs
When issued, these quarters will represent the third year for the series and the 11th through the 15th designs. The circulating 2012 America the Beautiful Quarters release dates follow: [click to continue…]
by America the Beautiful Quarters Staff on August 29, 2011
The United States Mint began selling 2011 Vicksburg National Military Park Quarter bags and rolls at noon, August 29. The new quarters were also released into circulation by the Federal Reserve Banks. Tonight the US Mint hosted a free coin forum for the public in Vicksburg, MS, and it will ceremoniously launch the coin tomorrow morning at 9:30 a.m. Central Daylight Time.
The United States Mint on Monday sent an announcement to customers about the release of the 2011 Vicksburg National Military Park Quarter and its availability in bags and rolls. The above image was a part of the Mint’s promotion.
The Vicksburg National Military Park Quarter is the fourth of five for 2011 in the America the Beautiful Quarters® Program. Overall, it is the ninth in the program that started in 2010 and will go until the last coin is released in 2021. The Vicksburg quarter features the U.S.S. Cairo, a Civil War gunboat for the Union Navy. The image depicts the boat on the Yazoo River as it would have been seen in its day. Inscriptions on the reverse are VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI, 2011 and E PLURIBUS UNUM. [click to continue…]
by America the Beautiful Quarters Staff on July 28, 2011
The United States Mint’s first 2011 America the Beautiful Quarters Three-Coin Set™ debuted Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at noon Eastern Time for a price of $14.95. The new set honors Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania. It is the sixth in the current quarter program that started in 2010.
U.S. Mint image of the Gettysburg America the Beautiful Quarters Three-Coin Set
The Three-Coin Set features three collector versions of the Gettysburg National Military Park Quarter — a proof quarter from the US Mint facility in San Francisco, an uncirculated quarter from the facility in Philadelphia, and an uncirculated quarter from the facility in Denver.
A durable plastic card holds the clad quarters and includes a brief description of Gettysburg National Military Park and its reverse design. A Certificate of Authenticity is on the back of the card. [click to continue…]