This is a great idea for the U.S. Mint to do this ! In a move that will perk collectors’ interests before the weekend, the United States Mint today announced three new product offerings via their subscription service that include strikes from the America the Beautiful Quarters™ Program which debuted this year. Named the America the Beautiful Quarters Three-Coin Set, the America the Beautiful Quarters Uncirculated Coin Set and the America the Beautiful Quarters Circulating Coin Set, these collections offer buyers additional combinations of fresh strikes that may have been difficult to obtain in the past or required the break-up of more expensive sets. The three, however, also include their own not so insignificant premiums. The coins available this year in the new sets include the Hot Springs National Park Quarter for the state of Arkansas, the Yellowstone National Park Quarter for Wyoming, the Yosemite National Park Quarter for California, the Grand Canyon National Park Quarter for Arizona and the Mount Hood National Forest Quarter for Oregon. These five strikes are the first to be issued in the America the Beautiful Quarters Program which is set to run until at least 2021, by which time fifty-six new quarters will have been created. In the America the Beautiful Quarters Three-Coin Set, which is listed to sell for $13.95, a coin from each of the Mint’s facilities will be included — two in uncirculated condition and one in proof. One uncirculated coin will be from the United States Mint in Philadelphia with another that will originate from the United States Mint in Denver. The proof in the set will be struck at the United States Mint in San Francisco. These three-coin sets will be available for each individual site honored in the program and will start with the Hot Springs Quarter. The America the Beautiful Quarters Uncirculated Coin Set for $21.95 will include two uncirculated coins for each site honored in the America the Beautiful Program that year. One of those coins will be struck at the United States Mint in Denver and one at the United States Mint in Philadelphia. As five new quarters are scheduled to be released each year, each set will contain a total of ten coins. Just like the previously mentioned Uncirculated Set, the America the Beautiful Quarters Circulating Coin Set will also contain a total of ten coins, with five representing strikes from the Mint’s facility in Denver and five from the Mint’s facility in Philadelphia. However, just as the name implies, these sets will include circulation-quality strikes. The Mint lists $9.95 as their price. With more options now available, the Mint is encouraging collectors to consider its Online Subscription Program as a way to insure they receive what they want. Subscription orders for the new offerings will be taken by the Mint starting on May 19, 2010 at noon Eastern Time (ET). The Mint has not yet released dates for any of the new products.
All three sets sound like The Mint is setting a new precedence for gouging the public. I'll wait to buy the complete unc & proof sets. As for the America the Beautiful Quarters Circulating Coin Set, why pay $10 for what you can get for $2.50 from a bank?
Statequarterguy I dont know if you know it or not but the banks cant special order the park qtrs this time around like they did with the state qtr rolls, We could purchase the $13.95 set we get a p&d satin and a proof to put in are dansco album,We could just replace the p&d with the satin ones,they are verry different coins but this sounds like the best over all value for gem b/u coins for the series.Do the math & let me know if there is a better way !
Yeah, I heard something about that on HSN, but, yet to see if that's true - my bank claims they're still trying to get them and they are for sale on eBay. If the banks don't get them, you'd still be better off to buy rolls from the mint or eBay and buy the proof & mint sets to get the all the proofs and satins. Of course, I'm a coin collector, not a package collector. However, there are package collectors out there, so, if not many are ordered, maybe the new sets will carry a premium.
Where are "America/Beautiful" 3" Bullions? When the mint first announced the release of these quarters, in the small print was the mention of the release of 3" Silver clones to be released to bullion outlets exclusively. Did anyone else see this? Has anyone heard updated information?
