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2011 America the Beautiful Quarter Design Candidates

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Gettysburg National Military Park Quarter Design Candidate - Click to Enlarge

Five popular sites from five different U.S. states will be honored in 2011 on the reverse side of Washington quarters.

2011 America the Beautiful Quarter Design Candidates

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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Heritage’s 500,000th Member to Win Credit Worth 500,000 Cents

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World's largest collectibles auctioneer announces contest to celebrate half-million member milestone DALLAS, TX -- The advance at Heritage Auctions to a collecting community of...

World’s First Bi-Color Titanium Coin Celebrates Hans Christian Andersen Book

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Pobjoy Mint is delighted to announce the release of a new coin to commemorate the 175th Anniversary of Hans Christian Andersen's first book of...

Gold Falls Slightly, Recovers from IMF News; Silver Retreats

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US gold edged lower on Thursday, but pared losses as hopes improved later in the day that the gold being sold by the International...

2010 Millard Fillmore Presidential Dollars Released, $25 Rolls on Sale

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The United States Mint today at noon ET shined the spotlight on the latest American to be honored on a $1 coin, President Millard...

US Mint Sales: Gold Coin Interest Picks Up

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The United States Mint headquarters in Washington, D.C. was shutdown for most of last week thanks to the two blizzards that...

NGC Chairman Mark Salzberg Provides 2009 Observations, Looks Forward to 2010

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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...

First Space Shuttle Silver Orbital Coin Launches

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The space shuttle Columbia was hailed as a great achievement when it first launched into orbit on April 12, 1981. The relatively short 54...

Gold Advances Touch, Silver and Platinum Decline Slightly

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US gold inched a sliver higher on Wednesday after jumping the most since early November on Tuesday. The metal pared earlier gains as the...

Gold, Silver, Metal Prices: Commentary – 2/17/2010

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Truth in Numbers Good Morning, Gold continued to orbit near the $1120 level during overnight trading overseas, as the US dollar regained a bit (0.21...