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 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 on Thursday afternoon officially announced that the 2010 US Mint America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set will launch on May 27 at noon Eastern Time (ET) for a price of $32.95.
The set is the second of the year to feature the first five America the Beautiful Quarters™. The first was the clad 2010 proof version issued on May 13, 2010, for a price of $14.95. The debuting sales figures for these were released by the Mint on Wednesday.
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The debuting sales figures for the 2010 America the Beautiful Quarters Proof Set have just been released by the United States Mint, and they are stronger than the opening sales from the prior issue.
The first set to contain America the Beautiful Quarters went on sale Thursday, May 13, 2010. By Sunday, 75,558 were scooped up by coin collectors and other enthusiasts.
As a comparison of some measure, the still available 2009 District of Columbia and U.S. Territories Quarters Proof Set launched on an earlier Monday (January 5, 2009). Their opening sales figures through to the following Sunday was 78,015, which is only 2,457 more despite the included 3 extra days.
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The United States Mint today at noon ET launched the 2010 America the Beautiful Quarters Proof Set for $14.95. The 5-coin clad set includes honoring quarter-dollars that feature emblematic reverse designs of Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas; Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming; Yosemite National Park in California; Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona; and [...]
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The United States Mint on Thursday issued a press statement officially announcing a Thursday, May 13, release date for the 2010 America the Beautiful Quarters Proof Set.
The set includes the first proof quarters that will be issued this year and the first from the America the Beautiful Quarters™ Program which celebrates national parks and national sites with rotating quarter-dollar reverse designs.
The new clad set has not gone up in price, despite the fact that it includes one less quarter than the 2009 version. At noon Eastern Time on the 13th, collectors can order the 2010 proof set for $14.95, plus the standard $4.95 shipping and handling charge.
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The fifth major numismatic product to contain this year’s five America the Beautiful Quarters™ is the 2010 Silver Proof Set. It also includes the collector versions of this year’s nine other circulating coins, for a grand total of 14 coins. The set went on sale August 26, 2010, at noon Eastern Time. As the name [...]
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The United States Mint introduced a new series of coins as a follow-up to the successful 50-State Quarters and last year’s District of Columbia & US Territories Quarters. Dubbed the America the Beautiful Quarters™, these new strikes will also be included within several major numismatic products released by the Mint, including the 2010 United States [...]
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The new 11-year series entitled America the Beautiful Quarters Program debuts from the United States Mint this year with five newly designed quarters. The U.S. Mint’s second major numismatic product of the year to contain these coins is the 2010 United States Mint America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set™. The quarters contained within are [...]
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The America the Beautiful Quarters Program debuts this year. The first major numismatic product out of the gate to feature the coins will be the 2010 United States Mint America the Beautiful Quarters Proof Set™. Since the law authorizing the new quarters is relatively new and the US Mint had a substantial amount of "catch [...]
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