WASHINGTON - The United States Mint will accept orders for the Northern Mariana Islands Official First Day Coin Cover beginning at noon Eastern Time (ET) on January 12, 2010. Production is limited to 20,000 units.
2009 Northern Mariana Islands Official First Day Coin Cover
The Northern Mariana Islands Official First Day Coin Cover contains two Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands commemorative quarter-dollar coins, one each from the United States Mint facilities at Philadelphia and Denver.
The quarters are mounted on a handsome display card with a cancelled 44-cent Flag stamp. The postmark, November 30, 2009, SAIPAN, CNMI, marks the day the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands quarter-dollars were first released into general circulation by the Federal Reserve Bank. [click to continue…]
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GARAPAN, Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands - Citizens of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands rallied today in American Memorial Park, to welcome the new commemorative quarter-dollar struck in honor of the U.S. territory.
"The design chosen for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands quarter-dollar coin reflects the islands' native culture, natural resources and warm hospitality," United States Mint Deputy Director Andy Brunhart said.
Brunhart and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Governor Benigno R. Fitial hosted the ceremony that included cultural performances by local groups.
Following the ceremony, Brunhart and the Governor handed out new Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands quarter-dollars to children 18 years old and younger, while attendees exchanged their currency for $10 rolls of the new quarters. [click to continue…]
The latest United States Mint coin mintage or production figures are out and the biggest revelation is the reported numbers for the newly released Northern Mariana Islands Quarters. The quarter-dollars are now officially the scarcest of all 2009 quarters, or of any of the 50 State Quarters for the matter.
72,800,000 Northern Mariana Islands quarters were produced, with 35.2 million of those struck in Philadelphia and 37.6 million at Denver. That accounts for just 88.6 percent of the prior US Virgin Islands quarter production run. But for the starkest contrast, it represents just 42.2 percent of the mintage totals for this year’s first issued DC quarter.
Prior to today’s revelation, collectors had focused on the 2009-D American Samoa Quarter as the scarcest of the coins ...
Full Article: Northern Mariana Islands Quarter Most Scarce - CoinNews
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The United States Mint will officially launch the commemorative quarter for the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), in Garapan, Saipan, at 9:30 a.m. (local time) December 10, 2009.
After the ceremony United States Mint Deputy Director Andy Brunhart, Governor Benigno R. Fitial, First Lady Josie Fitial and Lt. Governor Eloy Inos will present a new Northern Mariana Islands quarter to more than 1,000 children in attendance who are 18 years old or younger. In addition, the public also may exchange their currency for $10 rolls of Northern Mariana Islands quarters.
The Northern Mariana Islands quarter was released into circulation November 30, 2009. It is the sixth-and final-coin in the United States Mint 2009 District of Columbia and U.S. Territories Quarters Program. [click to continue…]
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WASHINGTON - Collectors may begin placing their orders for bags and rolls of commemorative quarter-dollar coins honoring the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands on November 30, 2009, at noon Eastern Time (ET).
The bags and rolls contain general circulating coins struck on the production floors at the United States Mint facilities at Denver and Philadelphia.
The bags of Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands quarter-dollars are packaged in 100-coin bags priced at $32.95 each and 1,000-coin bags priced at $309.95 each. Each bag has a tag identifying the mint of origin and "Northern Mariana Islands."
The two-roll sets, priced at $32.95 per set, include one roll each of 40 coins bearing the "D" and "P" mint marks. The distinctive packaging displays the mint of origin, "Northern Mariana Islands" and the dollar value of its contents. Both options display the genuine United States Mint logo. [click to continue…]
Gov. Benigno R. Fitial revealed the selected Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) quarter design and has forwarded the decision to the United States Mint.
Unlike the quarter selection process for the District of Columbia and other U.S. Territories which involved public voting, the CNMI design was chosen by a three-member commission set up by the governor — attorney Teresa Kim, the governor’s special assistant for administration Esther Fleming, and Catherine Perry Anderson.
Entire article: NMI selects quarter design - CoinNews
