While catching up on the weekend’s reading I came across an article Debate rages in coin world: Theodore Roosevelt or George Washington on new quarter? The article is about how the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee debated whether to recommend that Teddy Roosevelt be placed on the obverse of the new America the Beautiful Quarters.
Introduced in 1932, the Washington Quarter was intended to be issued as a one-time circulating commemorative to honor the 200th anniversary of George Washington’s birth. The quarter was born of controversy when Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon chose John Flanagan’s depictions over what had been determined to be a more artistic version by Laura Gardin Fraser. Although Mellon was a collector of great fine art that was later donated to the National Gallery of Art, many knew he was a sexist and refused to consider that a woman’s work was better than a man’s.
As the Great Depression deepened, no quarters were struck in 1933. Toward the end of the year, US Mint director Nellie Tayloe Ross was asked by the Federal Reserve to produce more quarters for circulation. Rather than use a new design, Ross ask the Treasury Secretary William Woodin for permission to continue to use Fraser’s design. Since Ross and Woodin did not want to undergo a new design competition, the Fraser designed continued until it was "updated" in 1999 for the 50 State Quarters Program. Read the rest of this entry »
The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) will meet Tuesday, Jan. 26, to review candidate designs for the 2011 America the Beautiful Quarters, the United States Mint announced on Friday. The meeting is open to the public and news media.
The US Mint is off to a quick start in providing the CCAC with 2011 designs. It was only last September when the committee reviewed 19 proposals for this year’s new quarter-dollars. The final designs are expected to be revealed within weeks at a US Mint ceremony. (See 2010 Quarter Designs Nearing Release.)
Next year 2011 quarters will commemorate:
- 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
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The United States Mint is holding chosen designs and launch information for the 2010 America the Beautiful Quarters very close to the vest. The only fragment of information released about the coins is that the five 210 reverse designs are expected to be revealed during a special ceremony planned for February.
No specifics have been given about either the final designs or the ceremony. The US Mint has also not been public on specific release dates for the coins, only providing a general timeline through their 2010 Product Schedule. (Read about 2010 America the Beautiful Quarters Products for more information.)
According to that timeline, the Hot Springs Quarters are due in April, the Yellowstone Quarters in June, the Yosemite Quarters in July or August, the Grand Canyon Quarters in September and the Mount Hood Quarters in November.
Adding to the anticipation in seeing the selected designs is the fact that the two bodies delegated to the task of reviewing and recommending coinage designs (the Citizen’s Coinage Advisory Committee and the US Commission of Fine Arts) agreed on only one of the five candidate 2010 quarters designs. This was for the Mount Hood quarter candidate which shows a rippling lake surrounded by trees in front of Mount Hood. Read the rest of this entry »
The America the Beautiful Quarters Program kicks off a new 11-year series of commemorative coins beginning in 2010. With the US Mint’s preliminary 2010 schedule now available and by reviewing already published offerings from its subscription service, tentative information on many of the new 2010 quarter products and their prices is available for review.
Similar to the 50 States Quarters Program and the 2009 D.C. & U.S. Territories Quarters Program, the new series features five different annual quarter designs.
These themes, with 2010 design candidates already completed and evaluated by the United States Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) and the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC), honor national parks and national sites. Featured in 2010, and in the order they will be issued are the:
As of this writing, the United States Mint has listed 9 product categories for 2010 that either feature the coins exclusively, or include them. The following table provides an overview of their general release dates and tentative prices: Read the rest of this entry »
America the Beautiful Quarters kick off in 2010. During the next 11 years and at a rate of 5 per year, the reverse or tails side of each quarter will feature a design emblematic of a national park or site in each state, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories.
[Read about the US Mint's announcement of the America the Beautiful Quarters Program.]
Nearly twenty art renderings were completed some months back as part of the process to select a final quarter-dollar design per location for next year.
Referred to as "candidate designs," these have also been submitted to the United States Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) and the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) for review.
All of the 2010 candidates are below, with the favorites of both groups highlighted along with their comments. Read the rest of this entry »
With interest already gaining momentum for the new series of quarter dollars scheduled to begin next year, CoinNews Media Group LLC is pleased to be able to offer a resource that all will find illuminating, the AmericaBeautifulQuarters.com Web site.
From the most seasoned numismatist to the newest entrant to the hobby, America the Beautiful Quarters is a one-stop informational site teeming with all of the designs, release dates, specifications and news relating to the America the Beautiful Quarters Program from the United States Mint.
The quarter-dollars launch in 2010 and run for 11 years encompassing a total of 56 newly designed quarters. Five times a year a new coin will be issued to feature a different national park or national site — one from each state, territory and the District of Columbia. Read the rest of this entry »
The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) will meet Tuesday at 9 a.m. ET to review designs for the 2010 America the Beautiful Quarters and 2010 First Spouse Gold Coins and Medals.
The first 5 of the 56 America the Beautiful quarter design will commemorate Hot Springs National Park, Yellowstone National Park, Yosemite National Park, Grand Canyon National Park, and Mt. Hood National Forest (see quarters release schedule.)
Next year’s First Spouse Gold Coins and Medals will feature Abigail Fillmore, Jan Pierce, James Buchanan’s Liberty and Mary Todd Lincoln. Read the rest of this entry »
NEWPORT BEACH — With the release of the new quarter series in 2010, the national park quarters, collectors abroad will be scrambling to find information and protection for their newly acquired pieces.
The first of its kind on the market, the Cornerstone™ George Washington National Park Quarters Album is the perfect way to store, collect and learn about the new United States Mint America the Beautiful Quarters™ series.
Inside the album, collectors will find informative facts about the national sites and parks protected by the federal government and historical data highlighting the significance of the national park quarter designs. Read the rest of this entry »
The United States Mint today announced the design themes for the next 56 US quarters and the massive commemorative silver bullion coins that will be issued between 2010 to 2021.
It also formerly introduced the name of the new series, calling it the United States Mint America the Beautiful Quarters™ Program. (Coin collectors will note the name excludes the words "parks" or "sites," as the upcoming series had most often been described till today.)
"These new quarters will honor some of our most revered, treasured and beautiful national sites — majestic and historic places located throughout the United States and its territories that truly make us ‘America the Beautiful,’" said US Mint Director Ed Moy.
During the next 11 years and at a rate of 5 per year, the reverse or tails side of each quarter will feature a design emblematic of a national park or site in each state, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories.
The five America the Beautiful Quarters for release in 2010 will honor the following national sites: Read the rest of this entry »
