America the Beautiful Quarters News & Information

The United States Mint’s America the Beautiful Quarters™ Program honors national parks and other national sites in each state, territory and in the District of Columbia. Between 2010-2021 and at a rate of five each year, American quarters will feature a series of rotating reverse designs. The following news articles provides the very latest information, including U.S. Mint releases, designs, mintages and more. For more information, also see sister site America the Beautiful Quarters.

El Yunque Quarter Three-Coin SetKicking off the month of February for the United States Mint were bags and rolls of the first 2012-dated quarters which depict El Yunque National Forest. The second U.S. Mint product issued this month features those same quarters but in collector editions. On Tuesday, February 7, 2012, the United States Mint released the El Yunque Quarter Three-Coin Set.

The set is the eleventh released in the series of America the Beautiful Quarters®, but it has the lowest price. At $9.95, it is [...]

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El Yunque Quarter Bags and RollsUnited States Mint bags and rolls of 2012 El Yunque National Forest Quarters were made available Friday, February 3.

El Yunque quarters were actually released into circulation beginning on January 23. The new quarter marks the first of five releases scheduled in 2012 and the eleventh in the America the Beautiful Quarters® Program [...]

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2010-2012 America the Beautiful Quarters Proof SetsAnother round of United States Mint weekly sales figures uncovered the debut performance of the 2012 America the Beautiful Quarters Proof Set. The annual set is the third in the series to feature clad proof versions of America the Beautiful Quarters®.

Launched on Tuesday, January 17, the 2012 Quarters Proof Set kicked off with opening sales of 50,744 during the first seven days, maintaining a trend of slower starts since the first set debuted in 2010 [...]

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2012 El Yunque Quarter Rolls and BagsRolls of America the Beautiful Quarters this year will be priced $7 lower, according to a new U.S. Mint notice published on the Federal Register Friday and dated one week earlier.

The reduction follows a series of other cuts in product prices recently announced by the U.S. Mint, including companion bags of 2012 America the Beautiful Quarters. Quarter rolls and bags are made available on the day a new quarter design is released into circulation [...]

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2012 America the Beautiful Quarters Proof SetThe United States Mint released its 2012 America the Beautiful Quarters Proof Set today, January 17, at noon ET for a price of $14.95, plus shipping and handling.

Debuting as the third numismatic product released this year from the Mint, the clad quarters proof set follows behind the 2012-dated silver version which was made available one week ago for $41.95. Proof sets are annual United States Mint products containing specially minted coins for collectors [...]

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2012 America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof SetMarking its first numismatic product of the year, the United States Mint today, January 10, launched the 2012 America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set for a price of $41.95.

The offering includes five America the Beautiful Quarters® with unique reverse designs honoring El Yunque National Forest of Puerto Rico, Chaco Culture National Historical Park of New Mexico, Acadia National Park of Maine, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park of Hawaii and Denali National Park of Alaska [...]

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2012 America the Beautiful QuartersThe United States Mint released images of the 2012 America the Beautiful Quarters on Thursday, and lower prices for related products were published on Friday.

America the Beautiful Quarters include five new coins featuring reverse designs emblematic of selected sites of national interest. The five sites to be honored in 2012 include El Yunque National Forest of Puerto Rico, Chaco Culture National Historical Park of New Mexico, Acadia National Park of Maine, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park of Hawaii and Denali National Park of Alaska [...]

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Chickasaw Quarter Three-Coin SetTuesday, December 20, 2011 the United States Mint made available the Chickasaw Quarter Three-Coin Set for $14.95.

The numismatic product is the tenth released in the series as each have followed coin launches from the America the Beautiful Quarters® Program which debuted in 2010.

The set’s quarters feature the same design since they honor Oklahoma’s Chickasaw National Recreation Area — an American national site that was established on July 1, 1902. The three versions of the coins were produced specifically for collectors with [...]

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2012 America the Beautiful Quarters and Silver Coins DesignsThe United States Mint recently unveiled the selected five reverse designs for the 2012 America the Beautiful Quarters. The same designs will also be used on the investment-grade 2012 America the Beautiful Five Ounce Silver Bullion Coins and numismatic 2012 America the Beautiful Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coins.

These five final designs were chosen from a total of twenty-four design candidates released by the United States Mint in October 2010. Four to five candidates were offered for each of the 2012 quarters as created by artists for possible selection. For the year, the five sites honored in the three different America the Beautiful Coin Programs are [...]

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2011 America the Beautiful Quarters Circulating Coin SetThe United States Mint placed the 2011 America the Beautiful Quarters Circulating Coin Set on sale today, Tuesday, November 29, at 12:00 PM (noon) ET for $9.95, the same price as last year’s circulating coin set.

The product is the last of four unique annual sets that solely contain all five of the 2011 America the Beautiful Quarters®. The earlier sets were the 2011 America the Beautiful Quarters Proof Set, the 2011 America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set, and the 2011 America the Beautiful Quarters Uncirculated Set [...]

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