America the Beautiful Quarters

America the Beautiful Quarter
	United States
Value	0.25 U.S. Dollar
Mass	6.25(Ag); 5.67 (Cu-Ni) g
Diameter	24.26 mm (0.955 in)
Thickness	1.75 mm (0.069 in)
Edge	119 reeds
Composition	91.67% Cu 8.33% Ni (standard); 90% Ag 10% Cu (proof only)
Years of minting	2010–2021
Mint marks	P, D, S, W (2019 only)
Obverse
Design	George Washington
Designer	John Flanagan (1932 version) from a 1786 bust by Houdon / William Cousins (modification to Flanagan's design)
Design date	2010
Reverse
Design	various; five designs per year
Designer	various
Design date	2019

Last updated July 20, 2019

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 modified version of the portrait used for the original 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 federal district, and each territory. The program is authorized by the America’s Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008.

Quarter (United States coin) United States coin

The quarter, short for quarter dollar, is a United States coin worth 25 cents, one-fourth of a dollar. It has a diameter of .955 inch (24.26 mm) and a thickness of .069 inch (1.75 mm). The coin sports the profile of George Washington on its obverse, and its reverse design has changed frequently. It has been produced on and off since 1796 and consistently since 1831.

The United States Mint is a unit of the Department of Treasury responsible for producing coinage for the United States to conduct its trade and commerce, as well as controlling the movement of bullion. It does not produce paper money; that responsibility belongs to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. The Mint was created in Philadelphia in 1792, and soon joined by other centers, whose coins were identified by their own mint marks. There are currently four active coin-producing mints: Philadelphia, Denver, San Francisco, and West Point.

George Washington was an American political leader, military general, statesman, and Founding Father who also served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. He led Patriot forces to victory in the nation's War for Independence. He presided at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 which established the U.S. Constitution and a federal government. Washington has been called the "Father of His Country" for his manifold leadership in the formative days of the new nation.

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). While they will depict the same sites, they bear new designs.^[3]

The 50 State Quarters Program was the release of a series of circulating commemorative coins by the United States Mint. From 1999 through 2008, it featured unique designs for each of the 50 US states on the reverse of the quarter.

Grand Canyon National Park, located in northwestern Arizona, is the 15th site in the United States to have been named a national park. The park's central feature is the Grand Canyon, a gorge of the Colorado River, which is often considered one of the Wonders of the World. The park, which covers 1,217,262 acres of unincorporated area in Coconino and Mohave counties, received more than six million recreational visitors in 2017, which is the second highest count of all American national parks after Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The Grand Canyon was designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1979. The park celebrated its 100th anniversary on February 26, 2019.

Arizona is a state in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the Western and the Mountain states. It is the sixth largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona shares the Four Corners region with Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico; its other neighboring states are Nevada and California to the west and the Mexican states of Sonora and Baja California to the south and southwest.

Mint marks

As of 2019, four mint marks have been used on the America the Beautiful quarters. Quarters produced at the Philadelphia and Denver Mints feature the P and D mint parks respectively.

The Philadelphia Mint was created from the need to establish a national identity and the needs of commerce in the United States. This led the Founding Fathers of the United States to make an establishment of a continental national mint, a main priority after the ratification of the Constitution of the United States.

The Denver Mint is a branch of the United States Mint that struck its first coins on February 1, 1906. The mint is still operating and producing coins for circulation, as well as mint sets and commemorative coins. Coins produced at the Denver Mint bear a D mint mark. The Denver Mint is the single largest producer of coins in the world..

In 2010 and 2011, the San Francisco Mint (S mint mark) produced quarters exclusively for the annual Proof Set. In 2012, San Francisco started producing America the Beautiful quarters in the standard circulation finish of the P and D quarters for sale to collectors.^[4]

The San Francisco Mint is a branch of the United States Mint and was opened in 1854 to serve the gold mines of the California Gold Rush. It quickly outgrew its first building and moved into a new one in 1874. This building, the Old United States Mint, also known affectionately as The Granite Lady, is one of the few that survived the great 1906 San Francisco earthquake. It served until 1937, when the present facility was opened.

On April 2 , 2019, the United States Mint announced that the West Point Mint would release 10,000,000 quarters (2,000,000 of each design released that year) with the "W" mint mark.^[5] This was the first time the mint mark appeared on a circulating coin.

The West Point Mint Facility is a U.S. Mint production and depository facility erected in 1937 near the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York, United States. Originally it was called the West Point Bullion Depository. At one point it had the highest concentration of silver of any U.S. mint facility, and for 12 years produced circulating pennies. It has since minted mostly commemorative coins and stored gold.

List of designs

Year	No.	Jurisdiction	Site	Design	Elements depicted	Release date^[6] (national site date)	Mintage^[7] ^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]
Year	No.	Jurisdiction	Site	Design	Elements depicted	Release date^[6] (national site date)	Denver	Philadelphia	West Point	Total
2010	1	Arkansas	Hot Springs National Park		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 10, 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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		Kīlauea	August 27, 2012 (August 1, 1916)	78,600,000	46,200,000	—	124,800,000
	15	Alaska	Denali National Park and Preserve		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		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		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		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 under bombardment	August 26, 2013 (March 3, 1925)	151,400,000	120,000,000	—	271,400,000
	20	South Dakota	Mount Rushmore National Memorial		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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		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 on horseback near the Little Missouri River	2016\|8\|29} (February 25, 1946)	223,200,000	231,600,000	—	454,800,000
	35	South Carolina	Fort Moultrie (Fort Sumter National Monument)		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		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 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		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)		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 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		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		Devils Island, with sea caves and the Devils Island Lighthouse, and a kayaker in the foreground	April 9, 2018 (September 26, 1970)	216,600,000	223,200,000	—	439,800,000
	43	Minnesota	Voyageurs National Park		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		A snowy egret, with a salt marsh in the background	August 27, 2018 (October 23, 1972)	151,600,000	138,000,000	—	289,600,000
	45	Rhode Island	Block Island National Wildlife Refuge		A black-crowned night heron flying over Cow Cove beach, with the North Lighthouse in the background	November 13, 2018 (April 12, 1973)	159,600,000	159,600,000	—	319,200,000
2019	46	Massachusetts	Lowell National Historical Park		A mill girl working at a power loom, with the Boott Mill clock tower outside the window	February 4, 2019 (June 5, 1978)	TBA	TBA	2,000,000^[14]	TBA
	47	Northern Mariana Islands	American Memorial Park		A young Chamorro woman at the Flag Circle and Court of Honor	April 1, 2019 (August 18, 1978)	TBA	TBA	2,000,000^[14]	TBA
	48	Guam	War in the Pacific National Historical Park		American forces coming ashore during the Second Battle of Guam	June 3, 2019 (August 18, 1978)	TBA	TBA	2,000,000^[14]	TBA
	49	Texas	San Antonio Missions National Historical Park		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	August 26, 2019 (November 10, 1978)	TBA	TBA	2,000,000^[14]	TBA
	50	Idaho	Frank Church–River of No Return Wilderness		A drift boat on the Salmon River, with the wilderness in the background	November 4, 2019 (July 23, 1980)	TBA	TBA	2,000,000^[14]	TBA
2020	51	American Samoa	National Park of American Samoa	TBD	TBD	TBD 2020 (October 31, 1988)	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
	52	Connecticut	Weir Farm National Historic Site	TBD	TBD	TBD 2020 (October 31, 1990)	TBA	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	TBA
	54	Vermont	Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park	TBD	TBD	TBD 2020 (August 26, 1992)	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
	55	Kansas	Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve	TBD	TBD	TBD 2020 (November 12, 1996)	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
2021	56	Alabama	Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site	TBD	TBD	TBD 2021 (November 6, 1998)	TBA	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)

National Park Service United States federal agency

The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government that manages all national parks, many national monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations. It was created on August 25, 1916, by Congress through the National Park Service Organic Act and is an agency of the United States Department of the Interior. The NPS is charged with a dual role of preserving the ecological and historical integrity of the places entrusted to its management, while also making them available and accessible for public use and enjoyment.

National Historic Site (NHS) is a designation for an officially recognized area of national historic significance in the United States. An NHS usually contains a single historical feature directly associated with its subject. A related but separate designation, the National Historical Park (NHP), is an area that generally extends beyond single properties or buildings, and its resources include a mix of historic and sometimes significant natural features.

National Forest is a classification of protected and managed federal lands in the United States. National Forests are largely forest and woodland areas owned collectively by the American people through the federal government, and managed by the United States Forest Service, a division of the United States Department of Agriculture.

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. As of 2019 uncirculated "S" quarters can be obtained from dealers for about three times their face value.

In 2019 the Mint began to release "W" mintmarked quarters produced at the West Point Mint. Two million of each of the year's five issues, mixed in bags with the common "P" and "D" coins, were scheduled for distribution at various major cities. Intended to increase interest in coin collecting, these products are not available by order from the Mint.^[15]

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.

Aftermath

Following the conclusion of the program, the obverse of the quarter will revert to the original Flanagan design used on the quarter from 1932 until the start of the 50 State Quarter Program. However, the reverse will be redesigned to feature General Washington crossing the Delaware River, the same theme that was used on the 1999 New Jersey quarter.^[1]

Year map

**The following map shows the years in which the selected National Park or site in each jurisdiction will be honored.**

**The following table has the quarters grouped by year.**
Year	1st release	2nd release	3rd release	4th release	5th release
2010	Hot Springs National Park (Arkansas)	Yellowstone National Park (Wyoming)	Yosemite National Park (California)	Grand Canyon National Park (Arizona)	Mount Hood National Forest (Oregon)
2011	Gettysburg National Military Park (Pennsylvania)	Glacier National Park (Montana)	Olympic National Park (Washington)	Vicksburg National Military Park (Mississippi)	Chickasaw National Recreation Area (Oklahoma)
2012	El Yunque National Forest (Puerto Rico)	Chaco Culture National Historical Park (New Mexico)	Acadia National Park (Maine)	Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park (Hawaii)	Denali National Park and Preserve (Alaska)
2013	White Mountain National Forest (New Hampshire)	Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial (Ohio)	Great Basin National Park (Nevada)	Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine (Maryland)	Mount Rushmore National Memorial (South Dakota)
2014	Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Tennessee)	Shenandoah National Park (Virginia)	Arches National Park (Utah)	Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve (Colorado)	Everglades National Park (Florida)
2015	Homestead National Monument of America (Nebraska)	Kisatchie National Forest (Louisiana)	Blue Ridge Parkway (North Carolina)	Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge (Delaware)	Saratoga National Historical Park (New York)
2016	Shawnee National Forest (Illinois)	Cumberland Gap National Historical Park (Kentucky)	Harpers Ferry National Historical Park (West Virginia)	Theodore Roosevelt National Park (North Dakota)	Fort Moultrie (Fort Sumter National Monument) (South Carolina)
2017	Effigy Mounds National Monument (Iowa)	Frederick Douglass National Historic Site (District of Columbia)	Ozark National Scenic Riverways (Missouri)	Ellis Island (Statue of Liberty National Monument) (New Jersey)	George Rogers Clark National Historical Park (Indiana)
2018	Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore (Michigan)	Apostle Islands National Lakeshore (Wisconsin)	Voyageurs National Park (Minnesota)	Cumberland Island National Seashore (Georgia)	Block Island National Wildlife Refuge (Rhode Island)
2019	Lowell National Historical Park (Massachusetts)	American Memorial Park (Northern Mariana Islands)	War in the Pacific National Historical Park (Guam)	San Antonio Missions National Historical Park (Texas)	Frank Church–River of No Return Wilderness (Idaho)
2020	National Park of American Samoa (American Samoa)	Weir Farm National Historic Site (Connecticut)	Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve (United States Virgin Islands)	Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park (Vermont)	Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve (Kansas)
2021	Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site (Alabama)	N/A

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The United States Mint has released annual collections of coins most years since 1936.

These are the mintage quantities for strikings of the United States nickel

American Innovation $1 Coin Program A series of US dollar coins program

The American Innovation $1 Coin Program is a series of dollar coins created by the United States Mint beginning in 2018 and scheduled to run through 2032.

The United States Mint Proof Set, commonly known as the Proof Set in the United States, is a set of proof coins sold by the United States Mint. The proof set is popular with coin collectors as it is an affordable way to collect examples of United States coinage in proof condition.

Below are the mintage figures for the America the Beautiful quarters and America the Beautiful silver bullion coins.

References

1 2 "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 July 28, 2010.
1 2 "U.S. Mint Coin and Medal Programs | U.S. Mint". www.usmint.gov. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
↑ "United States Mint to Release the First America the Beautiful Quarters® Program Coin with the San Francisco Mint mark on June 21 | U.S. Mint". www.usmint.gov. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
↑ "W Mint Mark Circulating Quarter Collectible | U.S. Mint". www.usmint.gov. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
↑ "America the Beautiful Quarters® National Site Register". usmint.gov. Retrieved January 26, 2015.
↑ "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.
1 2 3 4 5 "Circulating rarities head to circulation: Quarters with the W Mint mark". Coin World. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
↑ Circulating rarities head to circulation: Quarters with the W Mint mark

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[:1-1] 1 2 "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

[2] "About the Program". usmint.gov. Archived from the original on March 10, 2010. Retrieved July 28, 2010.

[NSQP-3] 1 2 "U.S. Mint Coin and Medal Programs | U.S. Mint". www.usmint.gov. Retrieved March 8, 2019.

[4] "United States Mint to Release the First America the Beautiful Quarters® Program Coin with the San Francisco Mint mark on June 21 | U.S. Mint". www.usmint.gov. Retrieved May 10, 2019.

[5] "W Mint Mark Circulating Quarter Collectible | U.S. Mint". www.usmint.gov. Retrieved May 10, 2019.

[6] "America the Beautiful Quarters® National Site Register". usmint.gov. Retrieved January 26, 2015.

[7] "Mintage Totals – 2010". usmint.gov.

[8] "Mintage Totals – 2011". usmint.gov.

[9] "Mintage Totals – 2012". usmint.gov.

[10] "Mintage Totals – 2013". usmint.gov.

[11] "Mintage Totals – 2014". usmint.gov.

[12] "Mintage Totals – 2015". usmint.gov.

[13] "Mintage Totals – 2016". usmint.gov.

[:0-14] 1 2 3 4 5 "Circulating rarities head to circulation: Quarters with the W Mint mark". Coin World. Retrieved April 17, 2019.

[15] Circulating rarities head to circulation: Quarters with the W Mint mark

v t e Coinage of the United States
Circulating	1¢ 5¢ 10¢ 25¢ 50¢ $1
Obsolete	5₥ 1¢ (large size) 2¢ 3¢ (silver) 3¢ (nickel) 5¢ (silver) 20¢ $1 (gold) $2.5 $3 $5 $10 $20
Cancelled	2.5¢ $2 $4 $50 $100
Commemorative	1800s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
Bullion	Silver Eagle (1986–present) Gold Eagle (1986–present) Platinum Eagle (1997–present) Gold Buffalo (2006–present) First Spouse (gold) (2007–2016) Palladium Eagle (2017–present) America the Beautiful (silver) (2010–present)
Special sets	Proof Set (1936–present) Mint Set (1947–present) Special Mint Set (1964–1967) Souvenir Set (1972–1998) Silver Proof Set (1976, 1992–present) Prestige Set (1983–1997)

v t e ← 2000s • United States commemorative coins (2010s) • 2020s →
2010	American Veterans Disabled for Life dollar Boy Scouts of America Centennial dollar America the Beautiful quarters Native American dollar Presidential dollars
2011	Medal of Honor commemorative coins United States Army commemorative coins America the Beautiful quarters Native American dollar Presidential dollars
2012	Infantry Soldier dollar Star-Spangled Banner commemorative coins America the Beautiful quarters Native American dollar Presidential dollars
2013	Girl Scouts of the USA dollar 5-Star Generals commemorative coins America the Beautiful quarters Native American dollar Presidential dollars
2014	Civil Rights Act of 1964 dollar National Baseball Hall of Fame commemorative coins America the Beautiful quarters Native American dollar Presidential dollars
2015	U.S. Marshals Service 225th Anniversary commemorative coins March of Dimes dollar American Liberty high relief union America the Beautiful quarters Native American dollar Presidential dollars
2016	Mark Twain commemorative coins National Park Service Centennial commemorative coins America the Beautiful quarters Native American dollar Presidential dollars
2017	Lions Clubs International Centennial dollar Boys Town Centennial commemorative coins American Liberty 225th Anniversary union America the Beautiful quarters Native American dollar
2018	World War I Centennial dollar Breast Cancer Awareness commemorative coins American Liberty 225th Anniversary eagle America the Beautiful quarters Native American dollar American Innovation dollar
2019	Apollo 11 50th Anniversary commemorative coins American Legion Centennial commemorative coins American Liberty high relief union America the Beautiful quarters Native American dollar American Innovation dollars

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