The United States Mint has published the latest production figures for the Hot Springs National Park Quarter, and the numbers suggest they will end with the lowest mintage of any quarter-dollar since 1955.
2010 Hot Springs National Park Quarter - Obverse and Reverse
A total of 59,600,000 million were produced, with 29,000,000 from the Mint’s facility in Denver and 30,600,000 from its plant in Philadelphia.
The Hot Springs quarter did not begin entering circulation until April 19, 2010, and its production only started in March 2010. The America the Beautiful Quarters™ series kicked off to a later than normal start, as the U.S. Mint had to build the new coin program to honor the 56 different national parks and national sites between...
Full Article: Hot Springs National Park Quarter Mintages - ParkQuarters.com
America the Beautiful Quarters kick off in 2010. During the next 11 years and at a rate of 5 per year, the reverse or tails side of each quarter will feature a design emblematic of a national park or site in each state, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories.
Nearly twenty art renderings were completed some months back as part of the process to select a final quarter-dollar design per location for next year ...
Full Article: 2010 Quarters Candidate Designs - CoinNews
How do you portray the majesty of our national parks on a coin the size of a quarter?
It’s obviously in the eye of the beholder, and those judging designs presented for review to the Commission of Fine Arts and Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee didn’t exactly see ...
Full Article: Will artwork match quarter ambitions? - Numismatic News
WASHINGTON - The United States Mint today announced the nation will honor 56 national sites to be honored through the United States Mint America the Beautiful Quarters Program.
In 2010, the first year of the program, the agency will mint commemorative quarter-dollar coins honoring the Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas, Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, Yosemite National Park in California, Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona and Mount Hood National Forest in Oregon. [click to continue…]
Niagara Falls is one of the world’s most iconic natural landmarks. Gov. David A. Paterson and Sen. Charles E. Schumer think the cascading falls would make an ideal pick to grace New York’s quarter in the upcoming America’s Beautiful National Parks quarters series. But the U. S. Mint says no.
Full Article: Mint says law won't allow Niagara Falls on new quarter series - The Buffalo News
Consider replacing George Washington’s portrait on U.S. quarters with an image of Theodore Roosevelt, members of the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) unanimously recommended in their Jan. 27 meeting, according to Numismatic News.
Information about the National Park Quarters has been minimal, as should be expected for much of 2009 given the United States Mint will not begin issuing the quarters until 2010.
However, the first five quarter designs will be completed this year in preparation for their release next year. And the CCAC, which advises the Secretary of the Treasury on designs for coinage, has already made their first recommendation for the series.
Full Article: Roosevelt replace Washington on Quarters? - National Park Quarters
If you think you know how many National Park quarter designs will be produced in the series that starts 2010, it will pay you to think again.
The law is specific in that it covers the 50 states (where Delaware alone lacks a national park), the District of Columbia, and five named insular territories that include the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of Northern Marianas Islands.
Read article: Park quarter legislation foggy - Numismatic News
President Bush on Tuesday signed into law H.R.6184, America’s Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008. The law mandates a new quarter series and, interestingly, 5-ounce silver coins.
Beginning in 2010, five different quarter designs will be released each year that are "emblematic of a national park or other national site in each State, the District of Columbia, and each territory of the United States."
Read article: New Park Quarters Law Includes 5-Ounce Silver Coins
America’s Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act became law today with President Bush’s signature. The bill authorizes a new series of 56 quarter designs at a rate of five per year beginning in 2010.
The law mandates that each quarter will be "emblematic of a national park or other national site in each State, the District of Columbia, and each territory of the United States."
Read article: US Quarter to be Replaced by National Park Quarters - Coin News
