January 6th, 2010 — Coin Series
This year a new quarter series will begin featuring National Parks and other federally protected or managed National Sites. A quarter will be issued for a site in each state, territory, and the District of Columbia. As with the prior quarter series, the United States Mint plans a variety of collectible products for America the Beautiful Quarters.
The US Mint will offer numismatic bags and rolls containing the quarters. These are the same quarters that are struck for circulation, but they are specially packaged and sold at a premium. The US Mint is expected to offer 100-coin and 1000-coin bags from the Philadelphia or Denver Mint and a two roll set containing one roll from each facility.
The US Mint will issue separate America the Beautiful Quarters Proof Sets in regular clad and 90% proof versions. Although these coins are included in the complete annual sets, the Mint has produced separate sets containing only the quarters.
Missing from the current line up are First Day Covers for America the Beautiful Quarters. These products were offered for the prior State Quarters and DC & US Territories Quarters. No confirmation on whether the product has been discontinued or if they will be added to the schedule later.
Finally, a program of America the Beautiful Silver Bullion Coins will be produced. These won't be sold directly by the US Mint, but will be offered as bullion coins through bullion dealers. The coins will contain 5 ounces of silver and have designs which are an exact duplicate of the quarter.
January 9th, 2009 — Mintages
The US Mint just posted the production figures for the Hawaii State Quarter. This was the final release of the popular 50 State Quarters Program.
The US Mint indicates production of 254,000,000 coins at the Philadelphia Mint and 263,600,000 coins at the Denver Mint for a combined total of 517,600,000.
These are preliminary production figures and includes all circulating quality coins produced by the United States Mint, including those sold to collectors in bags and rolls. Coins minted for US Mint issued Mint Sets and Proof Sets are not included.
The Hawaii State Quarter mintage actually marks the highest number for all 2008 State Quarters. The next highest was Arizona with 509.6 million for all mint marks. The lowest was Oklahoma with 416.6 million for all mint marks.
With the production figures for the final State Quarter, we now have a total for the entire State Quarter series. The combined State Quarter mintage for the entire series is now an incredible 34,797,600,000!
December 10th, 2008 — Coin Series
I thought this was rather neat. It's a slide show of all the 50 State Quarters from start to finish.
I found it at the new coin collecting social network Coin Network.
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November 10th, 2008 — Coin News
The US Mint recently published the production figures for the Alaska State Quarter on its website.The figures only indicate production of circulating coins, including coins for the Bags & Rolls program. Coins minted for proof and mint sets are not included.
A total of 505.8 million Alaska Quarters were produced, comprised of 254 million at the Denver Mint and 251.8 million at the Philadelphia Mint. This is down slightly from the totals for the previous Arizona Quarter, but above the levels for the other 2008 State Quarters.
Nearly 2 billion State Quarters have been produced for 2008. The total number of State Quarter produced for the entire 10 year program has now exceeded 34 billion.
See full State Quarter Mintages.
October 28th, 2008 — Coin News
The final coin of the popular 50 State Quarters Program will be released in less than one week! It's the Hawaii State Quarter scheduled for release on November 3, 2008.
This latest release will cap off the 10 year series which is credited with bringing a new influx of coin collectors to the hobby. It will also have a lasting impression on the way that American think about coins and states.
The design for the Hawaii Quarter features a famous figure from Hawaiian history known as King Kamehameha I. In the early 1800's he unified the governance of the various islands which make up Hawaii. He was able to navigate through modern changes while still preserving traditional ways of island life. The coin shows a statue of the ruler with a hand outstretched to the eight main Hawaiian Islands.
An inscription is included, “UA MAU KE EA O KA ‘AINA I KA PONO.” This translates to "The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness."
Look for the final coin of your State Quarter collection soon!
