America the Beautiful quarters
The America the Beautiful Quarters are a series of 25-cent pieces (quarters) issued by the United States Mint starting in 2010 and scheduled to continue until at least 2021. The series may be extended at the option of the Secretary of the Treasury, potentially to 2032.[1] The obverse (front) of all the coins depicts George Washington in a restored version of the original portrait used for the 1932 Washington quarter.[2] There will be five new reverse (back) designs each year (one in 2021), each depicting a national park or national site – one from each state, the District of Columbia, and each territory. The program is authorized by the America’s Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008.
Coin designs
Quarters will be issued depicting designs of national parks and sites in the order of which that park or site was deemed a national site.[3] The quarters from three different states will depict parks or sites that were previously portrayed on the state quarters (Grand Canyon in Arizona, Yosemite in California, and Mount Rushmore in South Dakota). Though they will depict the same sites, they bear new designs.[3]
| Year | No. | Jurisdiction | Site | Design | Elements depicted | Release date[4] (national site date) |
Mintage[5] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denver | Philadelphia | Total | |||||||
| 2010 | 1 | Arkansas | Hot Springs National Park | 
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The park headquarters building with a thermal fountain in front of it | April 19, 2010 (April 20, 1832) |
34,000,000 | 35,600,000 | 69,600,000 |
| 2 | Wyoming | Yellowstone National Park | 
|
A bison and Old Faithful | June 1, 2010 (March 1, 1872) |
34,800,000 | 33,600,000 | 68,400,000 | |
| 3 | California | Yosemite National Park | 
|
El Capitan | July 26, 2010 (October 1, 1890) |
34,800,000 | 35,200,000 | 70,000,000 | |
| 4 | Arizona | Grand Canyon National Park | 
|
Marble Canyon | September 20, 2010 (February 20, 1893) |
35,400,000 | 34,800,000 | 70,200,000 | |
| 5 | Oregon | Mount Hood National Forest | 
|
Lost Lake with Mount Hood in the distance | November 15, 2010 (September 28, 1893) |
34,400,000 | 34,400,000 | 69,000,000 | |
| 2011 | 6 | Pennsylvania | Gettysburg National Military Park | Gettysburg quarter | The 72nd Pennsylvania Infantry Monument | January 24, 2011 (February 11, 1895) |
30,400,000 | 30,800,000 | 61,200,000 |
| 7 | Montana | Glacier National Park | Glacier quarter | A mountain goat with Reynolds Mountain in the distance | April 4, 2011 (February 22, 1897) |
31,200,000 | 30,400,000 | 61,600,000 | |
| 8 | Washington | Olympic National Park | Olympic quarter | A Roosevelt elk at the Hoh River with Mount Olympus in the distance | June 13, 2011 (February 22, 1897) |
30,600,000 | 30,400,000 | 61,000,000 | |
| 9 | Mississippi | Vicksburg National Military Park | Vicksburg quarter | The USS Cairo on the Yazoo River | August 29, 2011 (February 21, 1899) |
33,400,000 | 30,800,000 | 64,200,000 | |
| 10 | Oklahoma | Chickasaw National Recreation Area | Chickasaw quarter | The Lincoln Bridge | November 14, 2011 (July 1, 1902) |
69,400,000 | 73,800,000 | 143,200,000 | |
| 2012 | 11 | Puerto Rico | El Yunque National Forest | El Yunque quarter | A Puerto Rican parrot and a coqui tree frog | January 23, 2012 (January 17, 1903) |
25,000,000 | 25,800,000 | 50,800,000 |
| 12 | New Mexico | Chaco Culture National Historical Park | Chaco Culture quarter | Two elevated kivas that are part of the Chetro Ketl complex | April 2, 2012 (March 11, 1907) |
22,000,000 | 22,000,000 | 44,000,000 | |
| 13 | Maine | Acadia National Park | Acadia quarter | The Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse | June 11, 2012 (July 8, 1916) |
21,606,000 | 24,800,000 | 46,406,000 | |
| 14 | Hawaii | Hawaii Volcanoes National Park | 
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Kīlauea | August 27, 2012 (August 1, 1916) |
78,600,000 | 46,200,000 | 124,800,000 | |
| 15 | Alaska | Denali National Park and Preserve | Denali quarter | A Dall sheep with Denali in the background | November 5, 2012 (February 26, 1917) |
166,600,000 | 135,400,000 | 302,000,000 | |
| 2013 | 16 | New Hampshire | White Mountain National Forest | White Mountain quarter | Mount Chocorua with birch trees in the foreground | January 28, 2013 (May 16, 1918) |
107,600,000 | 68,800,000 | 176,400,000 |
| 17 | Ohio | Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial | Perry's Victory quarter | The statue of Oliver Hazard Perry and the International Peace Memorial column | April 1, 2013 (March 3, 1919) |
131,600,000 | 107,800,000 | 239,400,000 | |
| 18 | Nevada | Great Basin National Park | Great Basin quarter | A bristlecone pine | June 10, 2013 (January 24, 1922) |
141,400,000 | 122,400,000 | 263,800,000 | |
| 19 | Maryland | Fort McHenry National Monument | Fort McHenry quarter | Fort McHenry under bombardment | August 26, 2013 (March 3, 1925) |
151,400,000 | 120,000,000 | 271,400,000 | |
| 20 | South Dakota | Mount Rushmore National Memorial | Mount Rushmore quarter | Workers carving the Mount Rushmore National Memorial | November 4, 2013 (March 3, 1925) |
272,400,000 | 231,800,000 | 504,200,000 | |
| 2014 | 21 | Tennessee | Great Smoky Mountains National Park | Great Smoky Mountains quarter | A log cabin in the forest with a hawk in flight | January 27, 2014 (May 22, 1926) |
99,400,000 | 73,200,000 | 172,600,000 |
| 22 | Virginia | Shenandoah National Park | Shenandoah quarter | A hiker at the summit of Stony Man Trail | March 31, 2014 (May 22, 1926) |
197,800,000 | 112,800,000 | 310,600,000 | |
| 23 | Utah | Arches National Park | Arches quarter | Delicate Arch with the La Sal Mountains in the distance | June 9, 2014 (April 12, 1929) |
251,400,000 | 214,200,000 | 465,600,000 | |
| 24 | Colorado | Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve | Great Sand Dunes quarter | A father and son playing on the banks of a creek, with sand dunes and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in the background | August 25, 2014 (March 17, 1932) |
171,800,000 | 159,600,000 | 331,400,000 | |
| 25 | Florida | Everglades National Park | Everglades quarter | An anhinga on a willow, and a roseate spoonbill wading in the water | November 3, 2014 (May 30, 1934) |
142,400,000 | 157,601,200 | 300,001,200 | |
| 2015 | 26 | Nebraska | Homestead National Monument of America | Homestead quarter | A log cabin, two ears of corn, and a water pump, representing shelter, food, and water | February 9, 2015 (March 19, 1936) |
248,600,000 | 214,400,000 | 463,000,000 |
| 27 | Louisiana | Kisatchie National Forest | Kisatchie quarter | A wild turkey in flight over bluestem grass, with long leaf pines in the background | April 13, 2015 (June 3, 1936) |
379,600,000 | 397,200,000 | 776,800,000 | |
| 28 | North Carolina | Blue Ridge Parkway | Blue Ridge Parkway quarter | A short stretch of the Blue Ridge Parkway, with flowering dogwood in the foreground | June 8, 2015 (June 30, 1936) |
505,200,000 | 325,616,000 | 830,816,000 | |
| 29 | Delaware | Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge | Bombay Hook quarter | A great blue heron, with a great egret behind it, in a salt marsh | September 14, 2015 (June 22, 1937) |
206,400,000 | 275,000,000 | 481,400,000 | |
| 30 | New York | Saratoga National Historical Park | Saratoga quarter | A close-up of John Burgoyne surrendering his sword to Horatio Gates | November 16, 2015 (June 1, 1938) |
215,800,000 | 223,000,000 | 438,800,000 | |
| 2016 | 31 | Illinois | Shawnee National Forest | Shawnee quarter | Camel Rock and natural vegetation with a red-tailed hawk overhead | February 1, 2016 (September 6, 1939) |
151,800,000 | 155,600,000 | 307,400,000 |
| 32 | Kentucky | Cumberland Gap National Historical Park | Cumberland Gap quarter | A frontiersman gazing across the Cumberland Mountains to the West | April 4, 2016 (June 11, 1940) |
223,200,000 | 215,400,000 | 438,600,000 | |
| 33 | West Virginia | Harpers Ferry National Historical Park | Harpers Ferry quarter | John Brown's Fort | June 6, 2016 (June 30, 1944) |
424,000,000 | 434,630,000 | 858,630,000 | |
| 34 | North Dakota | Theodore Roosevelt National Park | Theodore Roosevelt quarter | Theodore Roosevelt on horseback near the Little Missouri River | August 29, 2016 (February 25, 1946) |
223,200,000 | 231,600,000 | 454,800,000 | |
| 35 | South Carolina | Fort Moultrie (Fort Sumter National Monument) | Fort Moultrie quarter | William Jasper returning the regimental flag to the ramparts of Fort Moultrie | November 14, 2016 (April 28, 1948) |
142,200,000 | 154,400,000 | 296,600,000 | |
| 2017 | 36 | Iowa | Effigy Mounds National Monument | Effigy Mounds quarter | An aerial view of effigy mounds in the Marching Bear Group | February 6, 2017 (October 25, 1949) |
210,800,000 | 271,200,000 | 482,000,000 |
| 37 | District of Columbia | Frederick Douglass National Historic Site | Frederick Douglass quarter | Frederick Douglass seated at a writing desk with his home in the background | April 3, 2017 (September 5, 1962) |
185,800,000 | 184,800,000 | 370,600,000 | |
| 38 | Missouri | Ozark National Scenic Riverways | Ozark Riverways quarter | Alley Mill | June 5, 2017 (August 27, 1964) |
200,000,000 | 203,000,000 | 403,000,000 | |
| 39 | New Jersey | Ellis Island (Statue of Liberty National Monument) | Ellis Island quarter | An immigrant family approaching Ellis Island | August 28, 2017 (May 11, 1965) |
254,000,000 | 234,000,000 | 488,000,000 | |
| 40 | Indiana | George Rogers Clark National Historical Park | George Rogers Clark quarter | George Rogers Clark leading his men through the flooded plains approaching Fort Sackville | November 13, 2017 (July 23, 1966) |
180,800,000 | 196,600,000 | 377,400,000 | |
| 2018 | 41 | Michigan | Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore | Pictured Rocks quarter | Chapel Rock, with a white pine tree | February 5, 2018 (October 15, 1966) |
182,600,000 | 186,714,000 | 369,314,000 |
| 42 | Wisconsin | Apostle Islands National Lakeshore | Apostle Islands quarter | Devils Island, with sea caves and the Devils Island Lighthouse, and a kayaker in the foreground | April 9, 2018 (September 26, 1970) |
213,400,000 | 223,200,000 | 436,600,000 | |
| 43 | Minnesota | Voyageurs National Park | Voyageurs quarter | A common loon, with a rock cliff in the background | June 11, 2018 (January 8, 1971) |
197,800,000 | 237,400,000 | 435,200,000 | |
| 44 | Georgia | Cumberland Island National Seashore | Cumberland Island quarter | A snowy egret, with a salt marsh in the background | August 27, 2018 (October 23, 1972) |
TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| 45 | Rhode Island | Block Island National Wildlife Refuge | Block Island quarter | A black-crowned night heron flying over Cow Cove beach, with the North Lighthouse in the background | November 13, 2018 (April 12, 1973) |
TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| 2019 | 46 | Massachusetts | Lowell National Historical Park | Lowell quarter | A mill girl working at a power loom, with the Boott Mill clock tower outside the window | TBD 2019 (June 5, 1978) |
TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 47 | Northern Mariana Islands | American Memorial Park | American Memorial Park quarter | A young Chamorro woman at the Flag Circle and Court of Honor | TBD 2019 (August 18, 1978) |
TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| 48 | Guam | War in the Pacific National Historical Park | War in the Pacific quarter | American forces coming ashore during the Second Battle of Guam | TBD 2019 (August 18, 1978) |
TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| 49 | Texas | San Antonio Missions National Historical Park | San Antonio Missions quarter | Elements of the Spanish colonial real coin: arches and a bell symbolizing community, a lion symbolizing Spanish cultural heritage, waves symbolizing the waters of the San Antonio River, and wheat symbolizing farming | TBD 2019 (November 10, 1978) |
TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| 50 | Idaho | Frank Church–River of No Return Wilderness | River of No Return quarter | A drift boat on the Salmon River, with the wilderness in the background | TBD 2019 (July 23, 1980) |
TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| 2020 | 51 | American Samoa | National Park of American Samoa | TBD | TBD | TBD 2020 (October 31, 1988) |
TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 52 | Connecticut | Weir Farm National Historic Site | TBD | TBD | TBD 2020 (October 31, 1990) |
TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| 53 | U.S. Virgin Islands | Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve | TBD | TBD | TBD 2020 (February 24, 1992) |
TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| 54 | Vermont | Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park | TBD | TBD | TBD 2020 (August 26, 1992) |
TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| 55 | Kansas | Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve | TBD | TBD | TBD 2020 (November 12, 1996) |
TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| 2021 | 56 | Alabama | Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site | TBD | TBD | TBD 2021 (November 6, 1998) |
TBA | TBA | TBA |
Site breakdown
Of the 56 designs there are
- 48 National Park Service areas
- 18 National parks
- 5 National monuments
- 13 National Historic Sites and National Historical Parks
- 3 National lakeshores and seashores
- 1 National recreation area
- 2 National military parks
- 2 National memorials
- 1 National parkway
- 1 National preserve
- 1 National river
- 5 National Forests (United States Forest Service)
- 1 Wilderness area, composed of six national forests
- 2 National Wildlife Refuges (United States Fish and Wildlife Service)
Mintage details
Beginning with the El Yunque (Puerto Rico) design in the America the Beautiful Quarters program, the U.S. Mint began selling (at a premium) uncirculated 40-coin rolls and 100-coin bags of quarters with the San Francisco mint mark. These coins were not included in the 2012 uncirculated sets or the three-coin ATB quarter sets (which consisted of an uncirculated "P" and "D" and proof "S" specimen) and no "S" mint-marked quarters are being released into circulation, so that mintages will be determined solely by direct demand for the "S" mint-marked coins. As of January 2013 initial United States Mint sales figures indicated that between 1.3 million and 1.6 million of each 2012 design had been struck at the San Francisco mint, close to the announced mintage of 1.4 million for each design. Direct U.S. Mint sale of rolls and bags of uncirculated business strike coins continued with the 2013 America the Beautiful quarter issues, with actual quantities again to be determined by customer orders. The mintages of the uncirculated "S" quarters are considerably lower than that of the "P" and "D" mint-marked coins, and are comparable to the 1996-w Roosevelt Dime (also not issued for circulation), which sells in the neighborhood of $20 each in an average grade.
Also notable are the 2010 satin finish quarters issued only in 2010 mint sets with a low mintage of 583,897, and proof and silver proof issues, some with mintages almost as low as the 2010 satin finish quarters.
There are collector versions of the America the Beautiful 5 ounce Silver Bullion Coin Program which debuted in December 10, 2010. They feature an uncirculated finish and contain a ‘P’ mintmark indicating they were struck at the US Mint’s facility in Philadelphia. The bullion coins were also struck in Philadelphia but contain no mintmark. The United States Mint struck these coins late in 2010 with an extremely limited mintage of only 27,000. The Mint apparently had insufficient time to strike more before the end of the year owing to initial production difficulties with both America the Beautiful Five Ounce Coin series. This forced the Mint to only release these Hot Springs Coins the following year on April 28, 2011. Demand was intense in the first hours of availability with collectors ordering 19,000 of them in the first nine hours. Within two weeks, the Mint indicated a sell-out of the limited mintage strikes. Each coin's price is determined by the current value of silver and the 2010 issues sold for $279.95. Many subsequent issues have even lower mintages and higher secondary market values. These 5 oz. silver quarters are the "Big Boys'" quarter collection and due to their low mintage, have increased their value over issue price, even in the face of declining silver prices.
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See also
- 50 State Quarters
- America the Beautiful Silver Bullion Coins
- District of Columbia and United States Territories Quarters
- Presidential $1 Coin Program
- Westward Journey Nickel Series
References
- ^ "America's Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008" (PDF). usmint.gov. See (7) PERIOD OF ISSUANCE -(B)SECOND ROUND AT DISCRETION OF SECRETARY-(i) DETERMINATION
- ^ "About the Program". usmint.gov. Archived from the original on March 10, 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
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- ^ "America the Beautiful Quarters® National Site Register". usmint.gov. Retrieved 2015-01-26.
- ^ "Mintage Totals – 2010". usmint.gov.
- ^ "Mintage Totals – 2011". usmint.gov.
- ^ "Mintage Totals – 2012". usmint.gov.
- ^ "Mintage Totals – 2013". usmint.gov.
- ^ "Mintage Totals – 2014". usmint.gov.
- ^ "Mintage Totals – 2015". usmint.gov.
- ^ "Mintage Totals – 2016". usmint.gov.
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