The US Mint officially made the 2010 Yosemite National Park Quarter available last week during a ceremony held on the grounds of the park on July 29, 2010 making it the third release of the America the Beautiful Quarters™ Program.
The official ceremony introducing the Yosemite Quarter to the public occurred three days after the coins were released into circulation by the Mint on July 26th. On that same day, the Mint also started offering bags and rolls of the strikes for purchase via its website.
Struck to circulation quality, the coins in the bags and rolls offer buyers the chance to get their hands on some of the strikes which have proven to be problematic to obtain through local channels. With the economic conditions currently being experienced in the United States, local banks are not ordering as many new coins from the Federal Reserve which in turn is not ordering as many from the Mint meaning fewer of these strikes are reaching circulation.
The 100-coin bag option sells from the Mint for $35.95 and contains the buyer's choice of 100 circulation quality strikes from the Mint's facility in Denver or 100 circulation quality strikes from the Mint in Philadelphia. The two-roll sets sell for $32.95 and contain one roll of 40 circulation quality quarters struck in Denver and one roll of 40 circulation quality quarters struck in Philadelphia. The Mint adds a shipping and handling charge of $4.95 per order.
Attendees of the release ceremony, which was held at the Valley Visitor Center in Yosemite, California were also offered an opportunity to obtain some of the new strikes. Children were given one free as a memento of being there for the historic event while adults were offered the opportunity to purchase rolls of the quarters for face value at an exchange setup by the Yosemite Credit Union.
As the third release of the America the Beautiful Quarters Program, the strikes followed the Hot Springs National Park Quarter and the Yellowstone National Park Quarter which debuted earlier this year. Still slated to be introduced later this year are the Grand Canyon National Park Quarter and the Mount Hood National Forest Quarter.
This will complete the inaugural year for the program which will include a total of fifty-six strikes when completed in 2021. A complete list of the locations to be honored and when can be seen on this quarters release schedule offered by World Mint Coin's sister site of ParkQuarters.com
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Hi, I do digital work for the US Mint and if you are interested in the America the Beautiful quarters, the Grand Canyon National Park Quarter event is Tuesday, September 21, 2010 at Grand Canyon National Park at 1:30 p.m. (MST). All are invited to gather between Hopi House and Verkamp’s Visitor Center where the launch will take place. Following the ceremony, you can exchange your cash for $10 rolls of the Grand Canyon National Park quarter. If you can’t make it to the event, you can check out the live webcast at http://bit.ly/atbquarters The webcast starts at 1:25 (MST), 4:25 (EDT).