(valid until 12/8 at 11:59 pm ET)
From 2010 through 2021, the U.S. Mint issued 56 quarters as part of the America the Beautiful Quarters Program. The reverse designs depicted a national park or other national site for each U.S. state, territory, and the District of Columbia.
Jurisdiction | Site | Legal Authority | Date | Federal Entity | Release Date |
Arkansas | Hot Springs National Park | 4 Stat. 505 | 4/20/1832 |
NPS |
4/19/2010 |
Wyoming | Yellowstone National Park | 17 Stat. 32 | 3/1/1872 |
NPS |
6/1/2010 |
California | Yosemite National Park | 26 Stat. 650 | 10/1/1890 |
NPS |
7/26/2010 |
Arizona | Grand Canyon National Park | 27 Stat. 469 | 2/20/1893 |
NPS |
9/20/2010 |
Oregon | Mt. Hood National Forest | 28 Stat. 1240 | 9/28/1893 |
USFS |
11/15/2010 |
Jurisdiction | Site | Legal Authority | Date | Federal Entity | Release Date |
Pennsylvania | Gettysburg National Military Park | 28 Stat. 651 | 2/11/1895 |
NPS |
1/24/2011 |
Montana | Glacier National Park | 29 Stat. 907 | 2/22/1897 |
NPS |
4/4/2011 |
Washington | Olympic National Park | 29 Stat. 901 | 2/22/1897 |
NPS |
6/13/2011 |
Mississippi | Vicksburg National Military Park | 30 Stat. 841 | 2/21/1899 |
NPS |
8/29/2011 |
Oklahoma | Chickasaw National Recreation Area | 32 Stat. 641 | 7/1/1902 |
NPS |
11/14/2011 |
Jurisdiction | Site | Legal Authority | Date | Federal Entity | Release Date |
Puerto Rico | El Yunque National Forest | 32 Stat. 2029 | 1/17/1903 |
USFS |
1/23/2012 |
New Mexico | Chaco Culture National Historical Park | 35 Stat. 2119 | 3/11/1907 |
NPS |
4/2/2012 |
Maine | Acadia National Park | 39 Stat. 1785 | 7/8/1916 |
NPS |
6/11/2012 |
Hawaii | Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park | 39 Stat. 432 | 8/1/1916 |
NPS |
8/27/2012 |
Alaska | Denali National Park and Preserve | 39 Stat. 938 | 2/26/1917 |
NPS |
11/5/2012 |
Jurisdiction | Site | Legal Authority | Date | Federal Entity | Release Date |
New Hampshire | White Mountain National Forest | 40 Stat. 1779 | 5/16/1918 |
USFS |
1/28/2013 |
Ohio | Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial | 40 Stat. 1322 | 3/3/1919 |
NPS |
4/1/2013 |
Nevada | Great Basin National Park | 42 Stat. 2260 | 1/24/1922 |
NPS |
6/10/2013 |
Maryland | Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine | 43 Stat. 1109 | 3/3/1925 |
NPS |
8/26/2013 |
South Dakota | Mount Rushmore National Memorial | 43 Stat.1214 | 3/3/1925 |
NPS |
11/4/2013 |
Jurisdiction | Site | Legal Authority | Date | Federal Entity | Release Date |
Tennessee | Great Smoky Mountains National Park | 44 Stat. 616 | 5/22/1926 |
NPS |
1/27/2014 |
Virginia | Shenandoah National Park | 44 Stat. 616 | 5/22/1926 |
NPS |
3/31/2014 |
Utah | Arches National Park | 46 Stat. 2988 | 4/12/1929 |
NPS |
6/9/2014 |
Colorado | Great Sand Dunes National Park | 47 Stat. 2506 | 3/17/1932 |
NPS |
8/25/2014 |
Florida | Everglades National Park | 48 Stat. 816 | 5/30/1934 |
NPS |
11/3/2014 |
Jurisdiction | Site | Legal Authority | Date | Federal Entity | Release Date |
Nebraska | Homestead National Monument of America | 49 Stat. 1184 | 3/19/1936 |
NPS |
2/9/2015 |
Louisiana | Kisatchie National Forest | 49 Stat. 3520 | 6/3/1936 |
USFS |
4/13/2015 |
North Carolina | Blue Ridge Parkway | 49 Stat. 2041 | 6/30/1936 |
NPS |
6/22/2015 |
Delaware | Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge | 45 Stat. 1222 | 6/22/1937 |
US F&W |
9/14/2015 |
New York | Saratoga National Historical Park | 52 Stat. 608 | 6/1/1938 |
NPS |
11/16/2015 |
Jurisdiction | Site | Legal Authority | Date | Federal Entity | Release Date |
Illinois | Shawnee National Forest | 54 Stat. 2649 | 9/6/1939 |
USFS |
2/1/2016 |
Kentucky | Cumberland Gap National Historical Park | 54 Stat. 262 | 6/11/1940 |
NPS |
4/4/2016 |
West Virginia | Harpers Ferry National Historical Park | 58 Stat. 645 | 6/30/1944 |
NPS |
6/6/2016 |
North Dakota | Theodore Roosevelt National Park | 56 Stat. 326 | 2/25/1946 |
NPS |
8/29/2016 |
South Carolina | Fort Moultrie (Fort Sumter National Monument) | 62 Stat. 204 | 4/28/1948 |
NPS |
11/14/2016 |
Jurisdiction | Site | Legal Authority | Date | Federal Entity | Release Date |
Iowa | Effigy Mounds National Monument | 64 Stat. A371 | 10/25/1949 |
NPS |
2/6/2017 |
District of Columbia | Frederick Douglass National Historic Site | 76 Stat. 435 | 9/5/1962 |
NPS |
4/3/2017 |
Missouri | Ozark National Scenic Riverways | 78 Stat. 608 | 8/27/1964 |
NPS |
6/5/2017 |
New Jersey | Ellis Island | 79 Stat. 1490 | 5/11/1965 |
NPS |
8/28/2017 |
Indiana | George Rogers Clark National Historical Park | 80 Stat. 325 | 7/23/1966 |
NPS |
11/13/2017 |
Jurisdiction | Site | Legal Authority | Date | Federal Entity | Release Date |
Michigan | Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore | 80 Stat. 922 | 10/15/1966 |
NPS |
2/5/2018 |
Wisconsin | Apostle Islands National Lakeshore | 84 Stat. 880 | 9/26/1970 |
NPS |
4/9/2018 |
Minnesota | Voyageurs National Park | 84 Stat. 1970 | 1/8/1971 |
NPS |
6/11/2018 |
Georgia | Cumberland Island National Seashore | 86 Stat. 1066 | 10/23/1972 |
NPS |
8/27/2018 |
Rhode Island | Block Island National Wildlife Refuge | 62 Stat. 240 | 4/12/1973 |
US F&W |
11/13/2018 |
Jurisdiction | Site | Legal Authority | Date | Federal Entity | Release Date |
Massachusetts | Lowell National Historical Park | 92 Stat. 291 | 6/5/1978 |
NPS |
2/4/2019 |
Northern Mariana Islands | American Memorial Park | 92 Stat. 487 | 8/18/1978 |
NPS |
4/1/2019 |
Guam | War in the Pacific National Historical Park | 92 Stat. 487 | 8/18/1978 |
NPS |
6/3/2019 |
Texas | San Antonio Missions National Historical Park | 92 Stat. 3636 | 11/10/1978 |
NPS |
8/26/2019 |
Idaho | Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness | 94 Stat. 948 | 7/23/1980 |
USFS |
11/4/2019 |
Jurisdiction | Site | Legal Authority | Date | Federal Entity | Release Date |
American Samoa | National Park of American Samoa | 102 Stat. 2879 | 10/31/1988 |
NPS |
2/3/2020 |
Connecticut | Weir Farm National Historic Site | 104 Stat. 1171 | 10/31/1990 |
NPS |
4/6/2020 |
U.S. Virgin Islands | Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve | 106 Stat. 33 | 2/24/1992 |
NPS |
6/1/2020 |
Vermont | Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park | 106 Stat. 934 | 8/26/1992 |
NPS |
8/31/2020 |
Kansas | Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve | 110 Stat. 4204 | 11/12/1996 |
NPS |
11/16/2020 |
Jurisdiction | Site | Legal Authority | Date | Federal Entity | Release Date |
Alabama | Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site | 112 Stat. 3247 | 11/6/1998 |
NPS |
2/1/2021 |
Former Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner selected the list of sites to be honored after consulting with the governor or other chief executive of each host jurisdiction and former Secretary of the Interior Kenneth Salazar, in accordance with America’s Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008.
Overview
The America’s Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Series Act of 2008 provides for designs to be submitted in accordance with the design selection and approval process developed by, and in sole discretion of, the Secretary of the Treasury.
In General
The designs on the coins issued during this program shall be emblematic of one national site in each host jurisdiction (State/District of Columbia/Territory). The program will honor the national park or other national site in each host jurisdiction deemed most appropriate in terms of natural or historic significance.
Standards
Order & Rate
The national site quarter-dollars will be issued at a rate of five new designs each year in the order in which the selected sites were first established as a national site.
Step 1
The United States Mint will initiate the site selection process by contacting the chief executive of each host jurisdiction (State/District of Columbia/Territory) through a formal letter of request to identify one preferred and three ranked alternative national sites in his or her jurisdiction. The United States Mint will provide resources and access to lists of applicable national sites to each chief executive. National sites for consideration include any site under the supervision, management, or conservancy of the National Park Service, the United States Forest Service, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, or any similar department or agency of the Federal government.
Step 2
With due consideration to the requirement that the national site chosen for each host jurisdiction shall be the most appropriate in terms of natural and historic significance, and after giving full and thoughtful consideration to national sites that are not under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior, the chief executive will provide the United States Mint his or her recommendation for the national site to be honored on the respective quarter, as well as three recommended alternative national sites in order of preference.
Step 3
The United States Mint will review all the recommendations and will establish a candidate list of the 56 national sites.
Step 4
The United States Mint will consult with the Secretary of the Interior to ensure appropriateness of each of the 56 national site recommendations based on their natural or historic significance, and to validate the date on which each recommended site was established as a national site.
Step 5
Having consulted with each chief executive and the Secretary of the Interior, and having giving full and thoughtful consideration to national sites that are not under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior, the United States Mint will reconcile all comments and recommend a final candidate list determined to be the most appropriate in terms of natural and historic significance to the Secretary of the Treasury, who will approve the final national site list. The approved list will also establish the order in which each quarter-dollar is released. Quarter-dollars will be released at a rate of five per year beginning in 2010.
The America’s Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008 —Public Law 110-456— authorized the production of five ounce, .999 fine silver bullion coins replicating each of the designs featured on the United States Mint America the Beautiful Quarters. The bullion coins are three inches in diameter and have a nominal face value of 25 cents. These are the first five ounce, three inch, .999 fine silver bullion coins ever produced by the United States Mint. The fineness and weight are edge-incused on the coins.
These unique silver bullion coins feature reverse designs depicting national parks and other national sites in each state, District of Columbia and five U.S. territories — Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, U.S. Virgin Islands and Northern Mariana Islands. The coins were issued in the order in which the featured site was first established as a national park or site.
America the Beautiful Silver Bullion Coins are investment-grade silver bullion coins. Their weight, content and purity are guaranteed by the U.S. government.
The coins, with their unique U.S. government backing, may be sold for cash at many coin and precious metals dealers. They are also legal tender. Their quarter-dollar face value is symbolic, because silver’s market price has historically been much higher.
America the Beautiful Silver Bullion Coins sold at prevailing silver market prices, plus a moderate premium to cover production and other costs. Silver is typically the lowest-priced precious metal, making these bullion coins an affordable choice for most investors.
The collector (“numismatic”) version of the bullion coin was produced with an uncirculated finish. It has the “P” mint mark for the United States Mint at Philadelphia. The coin was encapsulated in plastic, accompanied by a presentation case and Certificate of Authenticity, and was produced in limited quantities.