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America the Beautiful Quarters

America the Beautiful QuarterThe fifth major numismatic product to contain this year’s America the Beautiful Quarters Program coins is the 2010 United States Mint Silver Proof Set™.

As the name of the set indicates, several coins are struck from 90% silver, a composition in the days of old referred to as coin silver. The pieces minted from the precious metal are the Kennedy Half Dollar, the Roosevelt Dime and the newly designed 2010 America the Beautiful Quarters.

The five 2010 quarters include 0.904 ounces of silver while the 50c and 10c pieces have respective silver weights of 0.36 ounce and 0.07 ounces. Combined, the silver set includes 1.34 ounces of silver which is an intrinsic value of $22.75 at a silver spot price of $17.00 an ounce ...

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America the Beautiful QuarterThis article is the fourth in a series to briefly detail the various U.S. Mint offerings that include 2010 quarters.

America the Beautiful QuarterThe United States Mint is introducing 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 Program, these new strikes will also be included within several major numismatic products released by the Mint, including the 2010 United States Mint Proof Set®.

The US Mint has yet to publicize the official price that will be charged for the 2010 Proof Set, which it has scheduled for release in July or August.

Last year’s set sold for $29.95, but it included 4 more coins than what will be found in the 2010 set. Previous years’ sets had 14 coins like this year’s set and ...

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America the Beautiful QuarterThe 2010 United States Mint Uncirculated Coin Set® is the third major US Mint product that will include the first five issues in the premiering America the Beautiful Quarters Program, as well as the four newly designed $1 coins — to include the already popular Presidential Lincoln Dollar.

An official release date for the 2010 set has not yet been announced, but it has been tentatively marked for July. Likewise, the price has not yet been published. However, last year’s set (which included 36 coins) sold for $27.95. The 2008 set had the same amount of coins as this years (28) and sold for $22.95 ...

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America the Beautiful Quarter ObverseThe new 11-year series entitled America the Beautiful Quarters Program debuts from the United States Mint this year with five newly designed quarters.The US 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 struck from 90 percent silver. At a standard weight of 6.250 grams per coin, the set includes 0.904 ounces of silver which is an intrinsic value of $14.92 at a silver spot price of $16.50 an ounce.

The Mint is showing a tentative $29.95 price in its subscription program, and a later than normal release date...

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America the Beautiful Quarter ObverseThe 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 Mint had a substantial amount of "catch up" to do in creating the groundwork for all 56 National Parks and National Sites to be honored from 2010 to 2021, this year’s quarters and related collectors products will get issued much later than typical.

That inherently implies that they will not be around as long, indicating their mintage / sales levels could be greatly ...

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America the Beautiful Quarter

The United States Mint is running at an optimal pace with the 2011 America the Beautiful Quarters that honor 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.

Unlike the 2010 quarter-dollars that are under circulation and numismatic product delays as a result of the shortened time between the enactment of the law authorizing the new 11-year quarter series, the resulting creation of the America the Beautiful Quarters Program, and the inaugural 2010 year in which they begin, the U.S. Mint has already had line art design candidates for the 2011 quarters created and reviewed. [click to continue…]

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

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.2011 America the Beautiful Quarter Design Candidates

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 ...

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United States Mint Director Ed Moy at Springfield, Illinois Coin ForumOn the eve of the 2010 Lincoln cent launch ceremony in Springfield, Illinois, United States Mint Director Ed Moy met with about 60 coin enthusiasts at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, where he answered questions and shared information about the US Mint and its coin programs.

Topics included, among other things, coin release dates, designs, expected 2010 mintages for dimes, nickels and pennies, American eagles, commemoratives and the new quarters and silver bullion coins. This first article installment focuses on Mr. Moy’s answers to specific questions regarding America the Beautiful Quarters.

There is also an interesting response to ...

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Newly added to the America the Beautiful Quarters Web site is a dynamic or interactive quarters map featuring each of the 56 sites honored in the new quarters series running from 2010-2021.

Throughout the eleven years, a quarter will be released that features a different reverse (tails) design emblematic of a national park or other national site in each State, the District of Columbia, and each territory of the United States — Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, United States Virgin Islands and the Northern Mariana Islands ...

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CCAC and the America the Beautiful Quarters Obverse

January 30, 2010

While catching up on the weekend’s reading I came across an article Debate rages in coin world: Theodore Roosevelt or George Washington on new quarter? The article is about how the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee debated whether to recommend that Teddy Roosevelt be placed on the obverse of the new America the Beautiful Quarters.
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CCAC Meets for 2011 America the Beautiful Quarters Designs

January 26, 2010

The Citizen’s Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) met this morning (January 26, 2010) in Washington, D.C. for the express purpose of reviewing design candidates for the 2011 America the Beautiful Quarters to be issued next year.
The series, which launches this year with five new quarters, pays tribute to one site of national [...]

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2010 America the Beautiful Quarter Designs February Release

January 20, 2010

The United States Mint is holding chosen designs and launch information for the 2010 America the Beautiful Quarters very close to the vest. The only fragment of information released about the coins is that the five 210 reverse designs are expected to be revealed during a special ceremony planned for February.
No specifics have been given [...]

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2010 Quarter Release Information

January 17, 2010

The United States Mint is debuting a completely new series of circulating coins this year with the America the Beautiful Quarters Program. Following on the heels of the highly successful 50 State Quarters Program and the D.C. & U.S. Territories Program, it also follows the same format.
The complete program will consist of 56 [...]

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2011 America the Beautiful Quarters Designs Review by CCAC on Jan. 26

January 17, 2010

Candidate Reverse Designs for 2011 America the Beautiful Quarters™ Slated for Review
The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) will hold a public meeting at 9:00 a..m. (ET) on Tuesday, January 26, 2010, at United States Mint Headquarters, 801 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20220. The purpose of the meeting is to conduct business related to [...]

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US Mint 2010 Release Schedule for America the Beautiful Quarters Products

December 30, 2009

The 2010 debut of the America the Beautiful Quarters Program is about to take place, and as you can expect, many different products will be issued by the US Mint relating to the new series.
Each year for eleven years, five new designs will be selected and struck on quarters showcasing a different national park [...]

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