The brilliant colors and panoramic landscapes of the Grand Canyon will be the backdrop as the United States Mint and National Park Service introduce the fourth coin in the America the Beautiful Quarters® Program.
2010 Grand Canyon National Park Quarter
The new quarter-dollar coin, featuring Grand Canyon National Park, will be officially presented at a ceremony on September 21 at 1:30 p.m. (MST), on the park's South Rim, between Hopi House and Verkamp's Visitor Center. [click to continue…]
The America the Beautiful Quarters Program is in full swing, and Krause Publications has the albums collectors need to collect them all: Warman’s coin folders.
Believed to be the first folders to features images of the reverse designs of the national sites featured on the quarters, these folders will provide collectors with more than a decade of use and fun as five quarters in the series are released each year ...
Full Article: KP unveils park folders - NumisMaster
Postal cancellations on rolls were as popular or even more so than the new Yosemite National Park quarters themselves at the July 29 debut ceremony held at the famous California park.
Mint Director Ed Moy and Yosemite National Park Superintendent Don Neubacher officially introduced the new design, which is the third one of five planned for 2010 ...
Full Article: Stamped quarters popular - Numismatic News
The third coin released under the new America the Beautiful Quarters™ Program, the Yosemite National Park Quarter, was launched by the United States Mint and the National Park Service on Thursday, July 29.
Over a thousand people attended the ceremony at the park’s Valley Visitor’s Center, located in Yosemite Village Loop, Yosemite, California. They were some of the first to see the new coin showcasing the park’s "El Capitan," the largest granite monolith in the world, on the reverse (tails side) of the new strike....
Full Article: Yosemite Park Quarters Released - ParkQuarters.com
United States Mint Director Ed Moy, joined by National Park Service officials, today introduced to the Nation the new quarter honoring Yosemite National Park in California. The coin's reverse (tails side) design features the iconic El Capitan, the largest granite monolith in the world.
2010 Yosemite National Park Quarter
"With this quarter, the United States Mint connects America to the wonder, peace and beauty of one of its most awe-inspiring natural treasures - Yosemite National Park," Moy told the crowd.
The Yosemite National Park quarter is the third released through the United States Mint America the Beautiful QuartersTM Program, a multi-year initiative to honor 56 national parks and other sites in each state, the District of Columbia and the five U.S. territories. [click to continue…]
Instead of trying to find the new Yosemite National Park Quarter in everyday change or visiting the local bank, anyone can now order bags and rolls of the coins directly from the United States Mint.
Doing so will guarantee the third 25-cent pieces issued in the America the Beautiful Quarters™ Program will be delivered directly to the buyer's door -- and from both Mints that produce them, if so desired. But there is a cost.
The Mint products include premiums. [click to continue…]
Join the United States Mint as it continues its journey to "Connect America through Coins" on July 29, for the launch of the Yosemite National Park quarter-dollar coin.
The ceremony, co-hosted by National Park Service officials, will kick off at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time (PT) at the Valley Visitor Center.
Following the ceremony, the public can exchange their cash for $10 rolls of the Yosemite National Park America the Beautiful Quarter. [click to continue…]
The United States Mint will offer America the Beautiful QuartersTM bags and rolls, containing quarter-dollar coins honoring Yosemite National Park in California, beginning at noon Eastern Time (ET) on July 26. The coins, minted at the United States Mint facilities at Denver and at Philadelphia, will be available in two-roll sets priced at $32.95 each and 100-coin bags priced at $35.95 each.
The two-roll sets contain one roll each of 40 coins bearing the P and D mint marks, wrapped in distinctive packaging displaying the name "Yosemite," the abbreviation "CA" for California, the mint of origin and "$10," the face value of its contents. The canvas 100-coin bags bear tags denoting their mint of origin, "Yosemite," "CA" and "$25," the total value of their contents. [click to continue…]
We've got another video exclusive on WalletPop.com today. I'm taking you where the general public is not allowed to go: onto the manufacturing floor of the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia, where the newest 25-cent piece, the America the Beautiful Yosemite quarter, is being produced.
It comes out on July 25, but you're seeing the process that created it -- and every coin you use -- today ...
Full Article: Video exclusive! Watch the U.S. Mint make new Yosemite quarter - WalletPop.com
