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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ginger1, post: 1993314, member: 72388&quot;]The U.S. Mint was set to begin releasing the 2010 &quot;America the Beautiful&quot; five-ounce silver bullion coins, an eagerly anticipated event in the collecting community. The Mint accepted orders from its authorized purchasers Monday.</p><p><br /></p><p>So many in the coin-collecting community were clamoring to get their hands on one of 165,000 of the 0.999-fine silver bullion coins that some dealers were reportedly being offered &quot;double spot value.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>The bullion coins sport a symbolic face value of a quarter dollar, a diameter of three inches and bear no mint mark. The value of the bullion coin is based on the commodity it contains.</p><p><br /></p><p>The large-format coins—so called when coins are five ounces or larger—are the first of their kind for the U.S. government. </p><p><br /></p><p>The 2010 America the Beautiful program calls for the creation of 56 coins, one for each state, the District of Columbia and the five U.S. territories, to honor national parks and sites. </p><p><br /></p><p>Separately, a depiction of General Washington crossing the Delaware River before the Battle of Trenton, not an eagle as the Mint said earlier, will grace the reverse of the quarter dollar when the program concludes.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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