The America the Beautiful Quarters Program will include 56 different reverse designs featuring National Parks and other National Sites. The new quarters will be released at a rate of five coins per year from 2010 to 2021. Read the latest articles from Coin Update News on the series and related United States Mint products.
The United States Mint began sales of Yosemite National Park Quarter numismatic bags and rolls yesterday on July 26, 2010. This coin represents the third release of the new America the Beautiful Quarters Program, created to honor a national park or national site from each state, territory, and the District of Columbia in the order [...]
On June 8, 2010, the United States Mint announced a new program which would allow individuals and businesses to order America the Beautiful Quarters in bulk quantities. The program was created as a response to the current economic conditions which make it difficult to obtain the new series of coins through the banking system.
Under the [...]
The United States Mint recently released the preliminary production figures for the Yellowstone National Park Quarter. The combined production of 68,400,000 coins across both the Philadelphia and Denver Mint facilities marks the first increase in production for the denomination compared to the prior design since 2008.
Following the conclusion of the popular 50 State Quarters Program, [...]
The United States Mint has provided preliminary details for the official launch ceremonies for the remaining 2010 America the Beautiful Quarters. These launch ceremonies closely follow the circulation release dates for the three upcoming quarters featuring Yosemite National Park, Grand Canyon National Park, and Mount Hood National Forest.
The America the Beautiful Quarters Program will honor [...]
Yosemite National Park comprises over 760,000 acres of central California, reaching eastward towards the Sierra Nevada mountain range. While not the first designated site, it was central to the national park idea, thanks to the work done by Galen Clark and John Muir. Clark, along with others, advocated for the area to be protected, which [...]
Since the United States Mint will not be offering First Day Coin Covers for the America the Beautiful Quarters Program, a collector decided to make his own covers for the series. The collector, known on eBay as “greanmonkey”, has created a batch of Yellowstone National Park Quarter covers as follow up to his previously created [...]
The United States Mint has announced that they will offer the America the Beautiful Quarters in bulk bags containing 200,000 coins through a newly established Bulk Purchase Program. The program was created in response to the current economic conditions which make it difficult for businesses to obtain large quantities of the new quarters through the [...]
On June 3, 2010, the United States Mint and the National Park Service held the official launch ceremony for the Yellowstone National Park Quarter. This coin marks the second release of the new America the Beautiful Quarters Program, which will feature a National Park or site from each state, U.S. territory, and the District of [...]
To coincide with the circulation release date, the United States Mint began sales of Yellowstone National Park Quarter bags and two roll sets today at 12:00 Noon ET. These products contain circulation quality examples of the latest release in the America the Beautiful Quarters Program.
The two roll sets include one 40-coin roll from the Philadelphia [...]
Yellowstone National Park is the second site to be honored in the America the Beautiful Quarters series, but the first to be given the designation of “National Park”.
The area was occupied by indigenous peoples for over 11,000 years, but was not explored in an organized manner until the late 1860’s. The park features geysers, lakes, [...]
