WASHINGTON — The United States Mint announced today that commemorative quarter–dollar coins honoring Washington, the second coin in the United States Mint’s 50 State Quarters Program to be released in 2007, will go on sale beginning April 2, 2007, at noon (ET), and will be available for approximately 10 weeks.
The 42nd coin in the United States Mint’s 50 State Quarters Program, the Washington quarter is available in two–roll sets (40 coins per roll), including one roll each from the United States Mints at Philadelphia and Denver, and in bags of 100 and 1,000 coins.
Washington, nicknamed “The Evergreen State,” was admitted into the Union on November 11, 1889, becoming our Nation’s 42nd state. The reverse of Washington’s quarter features a king salmon breaching the water in front of majestic Mount Rainier. The coin bears the inscriptions “The Evergreen State,” “Washington” and “1889.
Each coin roll in the two–roll set is presented in a specially designed United States Mint paper coin wrap that prominently displays the 50 State Quarters Program logo, a “P” or “D” representing the roll’s mint of origin, “WA” designating the State of Washington, and “$10” representing its dollar value.
Two–roll sets will sell for $32.95, bags of 100 coins for $32.95, and bags of 1,000 coins for $309.95. Each bag is marked with the mint of origin and the dollar value of its contents ($25.00 or $250.00). These bags and two–roll sets feature quarters used in regular transactions that were struck on our main production floors at the United States Mints at Philadelphia and Denver. There is no order limit on these products.
Customers can purchase the Washington quarters in bags and two–roll sets by using the United States Mint’s secure website, www.usmint.gov, or by calling 1–800–USA–MINT (872–6468). As an added convenience, customers can participate in a subscription–ordering program in which specific products, such as bags and two–roll sets, are charged and shipped to the customer automatically as each product is released. For more information about this ordering method, please visit www.usmint.gov.
Hearing– and speech–impaired customers may order by calling 1–888–321–MINT (6468). A shipping and handling fee of $4.95 per order will be added to all domestic orders. Quarter bags of 1,000 coins will have an additional charge of $7.95 per bag because of their weight and size.