America the Beautiful Quarters
The America the Beautiful Quarters are a series of 25-cent pieces (quarters) issued by the United States Mint from 2010 until at least 2021. The series may be extended at the option of the Secretary of the Treasury, potentially extending the series to 2032.[1] The obverse of all the coins will depict George Washington in a restored version of the original portrait used for the 1932 Washington Quarter.[2] There will be five new reverse designs each year (one in 2021) each depicting a national park or national site (one from each state, the federal district, and each territory). The program is authorized by the America’s Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008.
Coin details
Quarters will be issued depicting designs of national parks and sites in the order of which that park or site was deemed a national site.[3] The quarters from three different states will depict parks or sites that were previously portrayed on the state quarters (Grand Canyon in Arizona, Yosemite in California, and Mount Rushmore in South Dakota). Though they will depict the same sites, they bear new designs.[3]
Beginning with the El Yunque (Puerto Rico) design in the America the Beautiful Quarters program, the U.S. Mint [4] began selling (at a premium) uncirculated 40-coin rolls and 100-coin bags of quarters with the San Francisco mint mark. These coins were not included in the 2012 uncirculated sets or the three-coin ATB quarter sets (which consisted of an uncirculated "P" and "D" and proof "S" specimen) and no "S" mint-marked quarters are being released into circulation, so that mintages will be determined solely by direct demand for the "S" mint-marked coins. As of January 2013 initial United States Mint sales figures indicated that between 1.3 million and 1.6 million of each 2012 design had been struck at the San Francisco mint, close to the announced mintage of 1.4 million for each design. Direct U.S. Mint sale of rolls and bags of uncirculated business strike coins continued with the 2013 America the Beautiful quarter issues, with actual quantities again to be determined by customer orders. The mintages of the uncirculated "S" quarters are considerably lower than that of the "P" and "D" mint-marked coins, and are comparable to the 1996-w Roosevelt Dime (also not issued for circulation), which sells in the neighborhood of $20 each in an average grade.
Also notable are the 2010 satin finish quarters issued only in 2010 mint sets with a low mintage of 583,897, and proof and silver proof issues, some with mintages almost as low as the 2010 satin finish quarters.
There are collector versions of the America the Beautiful 5 ounce Silver Bullion Coin Program which debuted in December 10, 2010. They feature an uncirculated finish and contain a ‘P’ mintmark indicating they were struck at the US Mint’s facility in Philadelphia. The bullion coins were also struck in Philadelphia but contain no mintmark. The United States Mint struck these coins late in 2010 with an extremely limited mintage of only 27,000. The Mint apparently had insufficient time to strike more before the end of the year owing to initial production difficulties with both America the Beautiful Five Ounce Coin series. This forced the Mint to only release these Hot Springs Coins the following year on April 28, 2011. Demand was intense in the first hours of availability with collectors ordering 19,000 of them in the first nine hours. Within two weeks, the Mint indicated a sell-out of the limited mintage strikes. Each coin's price is determined by the current value of silver and the 2010 issues sold for $279.95. Many subsequent issues have even lower mintages and higher secondary market values. These 5 oz. silver quarters are the "Big Boys'" quarter collection and due to their low mintage, have increased their value over issue price, even in the face of declining silver prices.
Designs
| Year | No. | Jurisdiction | Site | Design | Release date[4] (national site date) |
Mintage[5] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver | Philadelphia | Total | ||||||
| 2010 | 1 | Arkansas | Hot Springs National Park |  |
April 19, 2010 (April 20, 1832) |
34,000,000 | 35,600,000 | 69,600,000 |
| 2 | Wyoming | Yellowstone National Park |  |
June 1, 2010 (March 1, 1872) |
34,800,000 | 33,600,000 | 68,400,000 | |
| 3 | California | Yosemite National Park |  |
July 26, 2010 (October 1, 1890) |
34,800,000 | 35,200,000 | 70,000,000 | |
| 4 | Arizona | Grand Canyon National Park |  |
September 20, 2010 (February 20, 1893) |
35,400,000 | 34,800,000 | 70,200,000 | |
| 5 | Oregon | Mt. Hood National Forest |  |
November 15, 2010 (September 28, 1893) |
34,400,000 | 34,600,000 | 69,000,000 | |
| 2011 | 6 | Pennsylvania | Gettysburg National Military Park |  |
January 24, 2011 (February 11, 1895) |
30,400,000 | 30,800,000 | 61,200,000 |
| 7 | Montana | Glacier National Park |  |
April 4, 2011 (February 22, 1897) |
31,200,000 | 30,400,000 | 61,600,000 | |
| 8 | Washington | Olympic National Park |  |
June 13, 2011 (February 22, 1897) |
30,600,000 | 30,400,000 | 61,000,000 | |
| 9 | Mississippi | Vicksburg National Military Park |  |
August 29, 2011 (February 21, 1899) |
33,400,000 | 30,800,000 | 64,200,000 | |
| 10 | Oklahoma | Chickasaw National Recreation Area |  |
November 14, 2011 (July 1, 1902) |
69,400,000 | 73,800,000 | 143,200,000 | |
| 2012 | 11 | Puerto Rico | El Yunque National Forest |  |
January 23, 2012 (January 17, 1903) |
25,000,000 | 25,800,000 | 50,800,000 |
| 12 | New Mexico | Chaco Culture National Historical Park |  |
April 2, 2012 (March 11, 1907) |
22,000,000 | 22,000,000 | 44,000,000 | |
| 13 | Maine | Acadia National Park |  |
June 11, 2012 (July 8, 1916) |
21,606,000 | 24,800,000 | 46,406,000 | |
| 14 | Hawaii | Hawaii Volcanoes National Park |  |
August 27, 2012 (August 1, 1916) |
78,600,000 | 46,200,000 | 124,800,000 | |
| 15 | Alaska | Denali National Park and Preserve |  |
November 5, 2012 (February 26, 1917) |
166,600,000 | 135,400,000 | 302,000,000 | |
| 2013 | 16 | New Hampshire | White Mountain National Forest |  |
January 28, 2013 (May 16, 1918) |
107,600,000 | 68,800,000 | 176,400,000 |
| 17 | Ohio | Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial |  |
April 1, 2013 (March 3, 1919) |
131,600,000 | 107,800,000 | 239,400,000 | |
| 18 | Nevada | Great Basin National Park |  |
June 10, 2013 (January 24, 1922) |
141,400,000 | 122,400,000 | 263,800,000 | |
| 19 | Maryland | Fort McHenry |  |
August 26, 2013 (March 3, 1925) |
151,400,000 | 120,000,000 | 271,400,000 | |
| 20 | South Dakota | Mount Rushmore |  |
November 4, 2013 (March 3, 1925) |
272,400,000 | 231,800,000 | 504,200,000 | |
| 2014 | 21 | Tennessee | Great Smoky Mountains National Park |  |
January 27, 2014 (May 22, 1926) |
99,400,000 | 73,200,000 | 172,600,000 |
| 22 | Virginia | Shenandoah National Park |  |
March 31, 2014 (May 22, 1926) |
197,800,000 | 112,800,000 | 310,600,000 | |
| 23 | Utah | Arches National Park |  |
June 9, 2014 (April 12, 1929) |
251,400,000 | 214,200,000 | 465,600,000 | |
| 24 | Colorado | Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve |  |
August 25, 2014 (March 17, 1932) |
171,800,000 | 159,600,000 | 331,400,000 | |
| 25 | Florida | Everglades National Park |  |
November 3, 2014 (May 30, 1934) |
142,400,000 | 157,601,200 | 300,001,200 | |
| 2015 | 26 | Nebraska | Homestead National Monument of America |  |
February 9, 2015 (March 19, 1936) |
248,600,000 | 214,400,000 | 463,000,000 |
| 27 | Louisiana | Kisatchie National Forest |  |
April 13, 2015 (June 3, 1936) |
379,600,000 | 397,200,000 | 776,800,000 | |
| 28 | North Carolina | Blue Ridge Parkway |  |
June 8, 2015 (June 30, 1936) |
505,200,000 | 325,616,000 | 830,816,000 | |
| 29 | Delaware | Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge |  |
September 14, 2015 (June 22, 1937) |
206,400,000 | 275,000,000 | 481,400,000 | |
| 30 | New York | Saratoga National Historical Park |  |
November 16, 2015 (June 1, 1938) |
215,800,000 | 223,000,000 | 438,800,000 | |
| 2016 | 31 | Illinois | Shawnee National Forest |  |
February 1, 2016 (September 6, 1939) |
151,800,000 | 155,600,000 | 307,400,000 |
| 32 | Kentucky | Cumberland Gap National Historical Park |  |
April 4, 2016 (June 11, 1940) |
223,200,000 | 215,400,000 | 438,600,000 | |
| 33 | West Virginia | Harpers Ferry National Historical Park |  |
June 6, 2016 (June 30, 1944) |
424,000,000 | 434,630,000 | 858,630,000 | |
| 34 | North Dakota | Theodore Roosevelt National Park |  |
August 29, 2016 (February 25, 1946) |
223,200,000 | 231,600,000 | 454,800,000 | |
| 35 | South Carolina | Fort Moultrie (Fort Sumter National Monument) |  |
November 14, 2016 (April 28, 1948) |
22,200,000 | 28,000,000 | 50,200,000 | |
| 2017 | 36 | Iowa | Effigy Mounds National Monument | TBD | February 6, 2017 (October 25, 1949) |
TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 37 | District of Columbia | Frederick Douglass National Historic Site | TBD | April 3, 2017 (September 5, 1962) |
TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| 38 | Missouri | Ozark National Scenic Riverways | TBD | June 5, 2017 (August 27, 1964) |
TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| 39 | New Jersey | Ellis Island (Statue of Liberty National Monument) | TBD | August 28, 2017 (May 11, 1965) |
TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| 40 | Indiana | George Rogers Clark National Historical Park | TBD | November 13, 2017 (July 23, 1966) |
TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| 2018 | 41 | Michigan | Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore | TBD | TBD 2018 (October 15, 1966) |
TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 42 | Wisconsin | Apostle Islands National Lakeshore | TBD | TBD 2018 (September 26, 1970) |
TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| 43 | Minnesota | Voyageurs National Park | TBD | TBD 2018 (January 8, 1971) |
TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| 44 | Georgia | Cumberland Island National Seashore | TBD | TBD 2018 (October 23, 1972) |
TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| 45 | Rhode Island | Block Island National Wildlife Refuge | TBD | TBD 2018 (April 12, 1973) |
TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| 2019 | 46 | Massachusetts | Lowell National Historical Park | TBD | TBD 2019 (June 5, 1978) |
TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 47 | Northern Mariana Islands | American Memorial Park | TBD | TBD 2019 (August 18, 1978) |
TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| 48 | Guam | War in the Pacific National Historical Park | TBD | TBD 2019 (August 18, 1978) |
TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| 49 | Texas | San Antonio Missions National Historical Park | TBD | TBD 2019 (November 10, 1978) |
TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| 50 | Idaho | Frank Church–River of No Return Wilderness | TBD | TBD 2019 (July 23, 1980) |
TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| 2020 | 51 | American Samoa | National Park of American Samoa | TBD | TBD 2020 (October 31, 1988) |
TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 52 | Connecticut | Weir Farm National Historic Site | TBD | TBD 2020 (October 31, 1990) |
TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| 53 | U.S. Virgin Islands | Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve | TBD | TBD 2020 (February 24, 1992) |
TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| 54 | Vermont | Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park | TBD | TBD 2020 (August 26, 1992) |
TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| 55 | Kansas | Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve | TBD | TBD 2020 (November 12, 1996) |
TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| 2021 | 56 | Alabama | Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site | TBD | TBD 2021 (November 6, 1998) |
TBA | TBA | TBA |
Year map
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See also
- 50 State Quarters
- District of Columbia and United States Territories Quarters
- Presidential $1 Coin Program
- Westward Journey Nickel Series
References
- ↑ "AMERICA'S BEAUTIFUL NATIONAL PARKS QUARTER DOLLAR COIN ACT OF 2008" (PDF). usmint.gov.
- ↑ "About the Program". usmint.gov. Archived from the original on March 10, 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
- 1 2 US Mint
- ↑ "America the Beautiful Quarters® National Site Register". usmint.gov. Retrieved 2015-01-26.
- ↑ "Mintage Totals – 2010". usmint.gov. Retrieved 2014-11-17.
- ↑ "Mintage Totals – 2011". usmint.gov. Retrieved 2014-11-17.
- ↑ "Mintage Totals – 2012". usmint.gov. Retrieved 2014-11-17.
- ↑ "Mintage Totals – 2013". usmint.gov. Retrieved 2014-11-12.
- ↑ "Mintage Totals – 2014". usmint.gov. Retrieved 2014-11-12.
- ↑ "Mintage Totals – 2015". usmint.gov. Retrieved 2016-01-04.
- ↑ "Mintage Totals – 2016". usmint.gov. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
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- H.R. 6184 (110th): America's Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008
- United States Mint America the Beautiful Quarters Programs
- America the Beautiful Quarters Official US Mint Site
| Preceded by District of Columbia and United States Territories Quarters |
America the Beautiful Quarters (2010–2021) |
Succeeded by undetermined |