2018 America the Beautiful Quarters Released in Proof Set

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Collector-grade coins with reverse designs representing five unique sites made their debut today, Jan. 23, in the U.S. Mint’s annual proof set of America the Beautiful Quarters®.

2018 America the Beautiful Quarters Proof Set, Packaging, Lens, Coins
Images of the protective lens for the 2018 United States Mint America the Beautiful Quarters Proof Set™ and the illustrated box that holds it (views of the boxes’ front and back)

Priced at $15.95, the quarters are produced at the San Francisco Mint and carry the facility’s ‘S’ mint mark. Their reverses feature designs emblematic of:

  • Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Michigan,
  • Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in Wisconsin,
  • Voyageurs National Park in Minnesota,
  • Cumberland Island National Seashore in Georgia, and
  • Block Island National Wildlife Refuge in Rhode Island

Proof is the U.S. Mint’s highest quality finish. Proof coins are described as having sculpted, frosted foregrounds with mirror-like backgrounds. The blanks used in making them run through a burnishing mill for polishing, get washed and dried by hand, and are manually fed into coining presses. Specially prepared and polished dies then strike each blank multiple times to make the coin.

America the Beautiful Quarters were introduced in 2010. Five new quarters are issued every year with each honoring a different site of national interest. The 2018-dated editions appear as the 41st through 45th in the series. Standard circulating versions will be released into general circulation at regular intervals throughout 2018. (See the 2018 quarter release dates.)

Like all coins of the program, the five in this year’s proof set have the same obverse (heads side) portrait of George Washington. The likeness of the first President of the United States has been featured on the obverse of quarter dollars since 1932 and was originally designed by John Flanagan.

Lens with 2016-S America the Beautiful Quarters, Obverses
A CoinNews photo of a lens showing proof quarter obverses

The quarters are encased in a single protective lens to help preserve their finish. A Certificate of Authenticity accompanies each set.

Previous Proof Set

Last year’s set launched on Jan. 5, 2017. Still available for $14.95, its sales through Jan. 14, 2018 total 85,238.

2017 America the Beautiful Quarters
CoinNews photo of a lens holding last year’s five quarters. The 2017-dated coins celebrate Effigy Mounds National Monument in Iowa, Frederick Douglass National Historic Site in Washington, D.C., Ozark National Scenic Riverways in Missouri, Ellis Island in New Jersey, and George Rogers Clark National Historical Park in Indiana.

Ordering

The new proof set is available from this U.S. Mint online page, or by calling 1-800-USA-MINT (872-6468). There are no mintage, product, or household order limits in place.

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