icon-dot-gov icon-https Locked padlock icon
USA Flag
An official website of the United States government. Close/span>
99+ 0

United States Mint and National Park Service to Launch America the Beautiful Quarters® Program Coin Honoring Ellis Island on Aug. 30

August 16, 2017

WHAT: The public and the media are invited to the ceremony to mark the release of the Ellis Island quarter, the 39th coin in the United States Mint's America the Beautiful Quarters® Program

The event includes a coin exchange of $10 rolls of newly-minted Ellis Island quarters after the ceremony. Barbara Fox, designer of the quarter's reverse, will be available for interviews before the ceremony.

WHO:

  • Todd Baldau, Senior Advisor, United States Mint

  • John Hnedak, Deputy Superintendent, Statue of Liberty National Monument and Ellis Island

  • Zach McCue, Projects Director for U.S. Senator Cory Booker

  • Erica Daughtrey, Communications Director for U.S. Congressman Albio Sires

  • Dave Krolak, Master of Ceremonies

  • Janis Calella, President, Save Ellis Island

WHEN: Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2017, 11 a.m. ET WHERE:

Ellis Island

Flagpole Area

Jersey City, NJ 07305

(Ferries leave from Liberty State Park, NJ or Battery Park, NYC. Ferry fee applies.)

COIN FORUM

After the ceremony, the United States Mint will host a coin forum 12:30 p.m. (ET), at the Ellis Island Flagpole Area. The coin forum is an opportunity for the public to learn about upcoming coin programs and initiatives, and express their views about future coinage.

The United States Mint America the Beautiful Quarters Program, a 12-year initiative that honors 56 national parks and other national sites authorized by Public Law 110-456. Each year, the public will see five new national sites depicted on the reverses (tails sides) of the America the Beautiful Quarters. The United States Mint is issuing these quarters in the order in which the national sites were officially established.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

  • Ellis Island quarter b-roll.
  • Interview with Ellis Island quarter engraver Phebe Hemphill.
  • Ellis Island quarter image.
  • Information about the United States Mint, America the Beautiful Quarters Program, and Ellis Island.

# # #

United States Mint – Connecting America through Coins

 

Contact
Press Inquiries: Public Affairs Office 202-354-7222
Customer Service Information: 800-USA-MINT (872-6468)