February 15, 2017 -
Press Release September 9, 1976 Secretary of the Treasury William E. Simon has directed the Mint to discontinue the special Bicentennial reverse designs and to revert to the eagle designs on the reverses of all quarters, half dollars and dollars...
February 1, 2017 -
WASHINGTON – The United States Mint will offer products featuring the America the Beautiful Quarters® Program coin honoring Effigy Mounds National Monument in Iowa starting on February 6 at noon Eastern Time (ET). The coin’s reverse (tails) design depicts an...
May 6, 2019 -
This coin was first produced in 1975 in celebration of the 200th anniversary of the independence of the United States. The coin was minted in the years 1975 and 1976 and carried the dual dates of 1776-1976. During the release...
April 7, 2023 -
The U.S. Mint first issued the George Washington Quarter in 1932 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Washington’s birth on February 22, 1732. The George Washington Quarter replaced the Standing Liberty Quarter, the last circulating quarter to depict a figure...
December 29, 2016 -
WASHINGTON – Sales will open for the 2017 United States Mint America the Beautiful Quarters Proof Set™ (product code 17AP) on Jan. 5 at noon Eastern Time (ET). The five proof-finish quarters in this set have reverse (tails) designs honoring Effigy Mounds...
March 17, 2021 -
Released in 1893, the Queen Isabella Quarter was the first U.S. coin to feature a real woman, Queen Isabella of Spain. The coin was made for the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago at the request of the exposition’s Board of...
January 27, 2017 -
Beautifully struck in .9999 fine, 24–karat gold, this gold 2016 centennial anniversary release celebrates Hermon A. MacNeil’s original “Standing Liberty” quarter design. Each gold coin contains one–quarter troy ounce of 24–karat gold, symbolic of the coin’s denomination, and has a...
December 1, 2016 -
WASHINGTON – The United States Mint will open sales for the 2016 America the Beautiful Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin–Fort Moultrie (Fort Sumter National Monument) (product code 16AN) on December 8 at noon Eastern Time (ET). The reverse (tails) design...
November 30, 2016 -
WASHINGTON – The United States Mint (Mint) will open sales for the 2016 America the Beautiful Quarters Three-Coin Set™ – Fort Moultrie (Fort Sumter National Monument) (product code 16AH) on December 5 at noon Eastern Time (ET). This set contains...
November 29, 2016 -
By Sharon McPike November 23, 2016 More than 1,000 people, including 300 school children, gathered at Fort Moultrie on Sullivan’s Island in South Carolina to witness the launch of the United States Mint’s newest quarter honoring their state. The Fort...
