If you are a patriotically minded coin collector (and really, who isn’t?), no doubt you have begun to gather up all those remarkable America The Beautiful Quarters as a must-have component of your collection. No other coin series has ever captured, nor celebrated, the wonder and majesty of America’s National Parks like these. Their astounding popularity has added scores of new enthusiasts to the ranks of coin collectors, and all anxiously await each and every new commemorative issue. History in The Making For those not yet familiar with these coins, the America The Beautiful Quarters are a series of quarters created by the U.S. Mint, and were first put in circulation in 2010. The program is planned to continue until 2021, at the earliest, and could be extended to 2033, depending on the Secretary of the Treasury’s decision to extend …
In 2010, US Mint kicked off an issue of new quarters commemorating various state parks across 50 states, D.C. and US territories. By 2021, there will be a total of 56 different coin designs minted. If you’re a collector, you’re surely wondering about the release schedule of the America the Beautiful quarters. Here it goes. This schedule is up to date as of May 2012. 2010 State Site AR Hot Springs National Park WY Yellowstone National Park CA Yosemite National Park AZ Grand Canyon National Park OR Mt. Hood National Forest 2011 PA Gettysburg National Military Park MT Glacier National Park WA Olympic National Park MS Vicksburg National Military Park OK Chickasaw National Recreation Area 2012 PR El Yunque National Forest NM Chaco Culture National Historical Park ME Acadia National Park HI Hawaii Volcanoes National Park AK Denali National Park …