The United States Mint on Monday started selling bags and rolls of the third coin in the new America the Beautiful Quarters™ series, the 2010 Yosemite National Park Quarter. The new 25-cent pieces were also released into circulation on the same day. Their ceremonial launch will occur Thursday at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time at the [...]
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The United States Mint on Monday officially announced that it would sell bags and rolls of 2010 Yosemite National Park Quarters beginning July 26, 2010, at noon Eastern Time. The coins are the third release under the new America the Beautiful Quarters™ Program which will feature 56 differing reverse quarter-dollar designs at a rate of [...]
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The United States Mint today published the production figures for the Yellowstone National Park Quarter — the second issue in the new America the Beautiful Quarters™ Program.
2010 Yellowstone National Park Quarter – Obverse and Reverse
The circulating mintage total for the quarter-dollar is 68.4 million, with 34.8 million struck in Denver and 33.6 million from Philadelphia.
The levels are higher than those of the scarcest Hot Springs coins, which were issued earlier this year and remain the least produced quarter in decades. Those came in at 59.6 million, with 29 million from Denver and 30.6 million from Philadelphia.
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Locations and dates are now available for the remaining three 2010 America the Beautiful Quarters™ that will honor Yosemite National Park in California, Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona, and Mt. Hood National Forest in Oregon.
2010 America the Beautiful Quarters
The United States Mint this week invited the public to take part in celebrating the beauty of the sites as each of the new quarters is ceremoniously released.
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2010 Yellowstone National Park Quarters were ceremoniously introduced last Thursday, June 3. However, two days before the ceremony they were actually released into circulation and the United States Mint began selling quarter bags and rolls. The latest U.S. Mint sales report is available and opening numbers show that collectors purchased just over 2.7 million Yellowstone [...]
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In what is typically as picturesque a location as could be found, the United States Mint debuted Wyoming’s 2010 Yellowstone National Park Quarters to hundreds of gathered visitors today during a launch ceremony on the grounds of the Old Faithful Inn just steps away from the famous Old Faithful Geyser.
Park visitors wait on Old Faithful to erupt an hour prior to the Yellowstone quarter release ceremony, which was moved inside the Old Faithful Lodge Recreation Hall due to incremental weather. The famous geyser is depicted on the quarter’s reverse.
This coin marks the second release of the America the Beautiful Quarters™ Program which debuted earlier this year with the Hot Springs National Park Quarter from Arkansas.
The ceremony was scheduled to be held outdoors but owing to the inclement weather experienced there today, the function was moved inside to the Old Faithful Lodge Recreation Hall. Temperatures hovering in the forties with a drizzle in the air do not make for pleasant event conditions.
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Annual America the Beautiful Quarters™ Sets have opened to stronger sales than their companion 2009 quarters sets. This year’s first two sets recently launched and while their sales cycles are young, the fact that they debuted to stronger demand despite their later than normal releases and during historically slower months for the coin collecting community [...]
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The Yellowstone National Park Quarter, the second of fifty-six coins in the America the Beautiful Quarters™ Program, launches this week. Yellowstone National Park, located primarily in the state of Wyoming, has the distinction of being named the first national park in the U.S. when it was so designated on March 1, [...]
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The United States Mint today at noon Eastern Time released the 2010 United States Mint America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set™ for $32.95.
The offering is the first to include America the Beautiful Quarters that are struck in 90 percent silver, which is a reason the set is priced substantially higher than the clad quarters version that launched on May 13, 2010 for $14.95.
In fact, the silver set’s five proof coins are composed of 0.904 ounces of silver. At the current silver spot of $18.47 an ounce, their intrinsic value alone is presently worth $16.70.
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The United States Mint this morning released production figures for the Hot Springs National Park Quarter — the first issue in the new America the Beautiful Quarters™ Program.
2010 Hot Springs National Park Quarter – Obverse and Reverse
The mintage total for the quarter is 59.6 million, with 29 million struck in Denver and 30.6 million from Philadelphia.
While the U.S. Mint clearly indicates that the numbers are preliminary and that the final ones will be issued in January 2011, the current levels represent the lowest of any quarter in decades — from either Mint facility.
Coin production has plunged in parallel with the American economic downturn, but did begin to somewhat pick up in April. More coins were struck during the month than in any other in 2010. It was also the first time that any nickels had been minted since July 2009.
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