by America the Beautiful Quarters Staff on April 22, 2012
Collectors of America the Beautiful Quarters® will be able to add a new set to their collection soon. Beginning on Tuesday, April 24, at Noon, Eastern, the United States Mint will be releasing the 2012 America the Beautiful Quarters Uncirculated Coin Set™.
United States Mint image of the America the Beautiful Quarters Uncirculated Coin Set
The set includes two uncirculated quality examples of each of the five 2012-dated America the Beautiful Quarters for a total of ten coins. Five of the quarters are from the U.S. Mint’s facility in Philadelphia and five are from the U.S. Mint’s facility in Denver. These are the two locations routinely responsible for striking the circulation coinage of the United States. [click to continue…]
by America the Beautiful Quarters Staff on April 17, 2012
America the Beautiful Quarters Three-Coin Sets have been released since the ATB quarters’ program was introduced in 2010.
United States Mint image of the Chaco Culture National Historical Park Quarter Three-Coin Set
Marking the second issue this year and the 12th in the series overall is the Chaco Culture America the Beautiful Quarters Three-Coin Set. It was placed on sale by the United States Mint on Tuesday, April 17, 2012, for a price of $9.95. [click to continue…]
by America the Beautiful Quarters Staff on March 31, 2012
Starting the month of April for United States Mint product launches will be the release of bags and rolls of Chaco Culture National Historical Park Quarters. The coins officially enter circulation through Federal Reserve banking channels on Monday, April 2, 2012, and the U.S. Mint will offer two-roll sets and 100-coin bags of the quarters on the same day beginning at 12:00 noon ET.
Chaco Culture National Historical Park Quarters in Bags and Rolls
Chaco Culture National Historical Park Quarters are the second of five 2012 America the Beautiful Quarters and the 12th overall in the ATB series which debuted in 2010. The coin, as the name implies, honors Chaco Culture National Historical Park which is located in the state of New Mexico. [click to continue…]
by America the Beautiful Quarters Staff on March 14, 2012
The United States Mint, the U.S. National Forest Service, and Puerto Ricans officially celebrated the release of the El Yunque National Forest Quarter on March 14.
El Yunque National Forest Quarter
The reverse design of the first new quarter of 2012 depicts the Puerto Rican parrot, a highly endangered species unique to Puerto Rico, and a classic Coqui tree frog among tropical flora. Inscriptions are EL YUNQUE, PUERTO RICO, 2012 and E PLURIBUS UNUM. Gary Whitley was the coin’s designer, and Michael Gaudioso engraved it. [click to continue…]
by America the Beautiful Quarters Staff on February 6, 2012
The 2012 America the Beautiful Quarters Three-Coin Set™ series makes its debut with the pending El Yunque National Forest set honoring the national forest located in Puerto Rico.
United States Mint image of the El Yunque National Forest Quarter Three-Coin Set
The collection is due to be released at Noon (Eastern) on Tuesday, February 7, 2012 for $9.95, plus the U.S. Mint’s standard shipping and handling charge of $4.95 per order. [click to continue…]
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…]
