National Park Quarters Series begins in April 2010

March 12, 2010, 9:51 am

Next month, the United States Mint will issue the first of 56 quarter-dollar coins featuring designs depicting national parks and other national sites as part of the United States Mint America the Beautiful Quarters? Program.

The first coin to be released celebrates Hot Springs National Park, which was set aside by Congress in 1832, 40 years before Yellowstone National Park. Four other coins will be placed into circulation this year: Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, Yosemite National Park in California, Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona and Mt. Hood National Forest in Oregon.

From now until 2021, the U.S. Mint will issue five new designs each year that depict national points of interest on the reverse (tails side) of the America the Beautiful Quarters to honor noteworthy sites across the country. The program takes a page out of the widely lauded state quarter program that wrapped up last year. Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner selected the list of sites to be honored after consulting with Secretary of the Interior Kenneth Salazar and the governor or chief executive of each state or territory in accordance with authorizing legislation and the site selection process.

Collectors are excited to have another 56 issues to treasure (check out the America the Beautiful Quarters National Site Register to find out which national site in your state or U.S. territory was selected) and might want to consider investing in ATB collection kits to protect their collection.

The United States Mint will also mint and issue unique silver bullion quarter-dollar coins that are exact duplicates of each of the America the Beautiful Quarters. The bullion coins will be made of .999 fine silver, have a diameter of three inches and weigh five ounces. The fineness and weight will be edge-incused on the bullion coins. The United States Mint will issue these coins under the America the Beautiful Silver Bullion Coin? Program.? Each silver bullion coin will be available for sale during the year in which its corresponding circulating quarter-dollar coin is issued.

The following table of national sites and national parks, announced by the United States Mint on Wednesday, Sept. 9, indicates the year each will be commemorated and exact quarter launch dates, as they become available. Currently, specific dates are yet To Be Announced (TBA).

America the Beautiful Quarters Release Dates and Schedule

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

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