Five popular sites from five different U.S. states will be honored in 2011 on the reverse side of Washington quarters.
Listed in the order of their release, the sites will be Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania, Glacier National Park in Montana, Olympic National Park in Washington, Vicksburg National Military Park in Mississippi, and Chickasaw National Recreation Area in Oklahoma.
These five newly designed quarters are part of the quarter series that begins in 2010 and is called the America the Beautiful Quarter Program. They are much like the popular 50 State Quarters Program, touted by the US Mint as the "most successful coin initiative in US history" and produced between 1999 and 2008. The difference is the America the Beautiful Quarter Program features 56 US National Sites.
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Every year I write a letter to all NGC submitters to describe what’s happening at NGC. Communication is a very important part of what we do — we see NGC as being directly responsive to the wants and needs of the numismatic community. In no small part, it’s because of this responsiveness that NGC has [...]
The space shuttle Columbia was hailed as a great achievement when it first launched into orbit on April 12, 1981. The relatively short 54 hour mission was the culmination of decades of planning, research, design and funding that led to NASA’s first reusable space vehicle. 2010 First Space Shuttle 1oz Silver Orbital Coin (Click to [...]
US gold inched a sliver higher on Wednesday after jumping the most since early November on Tuesday. The metal pared earlier gains as the US dollar gained strength and pressured prices. In other commodities, silver and platinum retreated slightly while crude oil edged up. US stocks climbed for a second straight day. Positive report earnings [...]
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