Coin Collecting News
Release dates for the 2012 America the Beautiful Quarters have been provided by Federal Reserve Banks Services. These coins will continue the series of circulating quarter dollars featuring a national park or site from each of the 50 states, 5 territories, and the District of Columbia. The releases scheduled for 2012 will feature El Yunque [...]
The location of the official launch ceremony for the Chickasaw National Recreation Area Quarter has been changed. The ceremony will be held on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at 11:00 AM CT. The new location for the event will be Vendome Well (on Broadway across from City Hall) Flower Park on the grounds of Chickasaw National [...]
The United States Mint has started accepting orders for the 2011 America the Beautiful Quarters Three Coin Set featuring the Vicksburg National Military Park Quarter. Similar sets have been released for the previous eight coins in the series. The Vicksburg Quarter features a depiction of the U.S.S. Cairo on the Yazoo River as it would [...]
On August 30, the United Sates Mint and National Park Service hosted a launch ceremony for the Vicksburg National Military Park Quarter. The coin represents the ninth release in the ongoing America the Beautiful Quarters Program, which will feature a national park or site located in each of the states, U.S. territories, and District of [...]
Vicksburg National Military Park, located in Mississippi, preserves the site of the American Civil War Battle of Vicksburg, waged from May 18 to July 4, 1863. The park was established on February 21, 1899 and transferred from the War Department to the National Park Service on August 10, 1933. The park also spans into Delta, [...]
Today, July 27, 2011, the United States Mint will begin sales of the America the Beautiful Quarters Three Coin Set featuring Gettysburg National Military Park. The Gettysburg Quarter features the 72nd Pennsylvania Infantry Monument, which is located on the battle line of the Union Army at Cemetery Ridge. The coins were first issued for general [...]
The United States Mint recently began sales of a coin album for the America the Beautiful Quarters Program. From 2010 until 2021, circulating quarter dollars will be released featuring a different National Park or national site in each of the 50 states, 5 U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia. The album is designed in [...]
The United States Mint will host official launch ceremonies to closely follow the official circulation release dates for the upcoming Vicksburg National Military Park Quarter and Chickasaw National Recreation Area Quarter. Launch ceremonies have been held at the location depicted or another related area for each release of the America the Beautiful Quarters Program. The [...]
On June 14, 2011, the United States Mint held an official launch ceremony to mark the release of the Olympic National Park Quarter. This coin represents the eighth release in the ongoing America the Beautiful Quarters Program, featuring national parks and sites from across the country. The ceremony was held at City Pier in Port [...]
Olympic National Park, located in the Olympic peninsula in northwestern Washington, contains four distinct areas: mountains, Pacific coastline, temperate rain forest in the west, and a drier eastern forest. It was originally the Mount Olympus National Monument, created by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1909, but was re-dedicated by Congress as a National Park in 1938. [...]
