Quarters Archives

2022 American Women Quarter Program Designs Released by The U.S. Mint

October 7, 2021 by Clinton

In a Press Release, the United States Mint has announced the designs of the upcoming 2022 American Women Quarter Program releases. The series, honoring American women and their impact on the country, is a new program that is aimed to run from 2022 to 2025. Each year, five women will be honored in the Reverse designs of the Washington Quarter. For 2022, Maya Angelou, Dr. Sally Ride, Wilma Mankiller, Nina Otero-Warren, and Anna May Wong …

Today’s Deal – Complete 112-Coin Set (P,D) From The 50 States Quarter Series

June 29, 2021 by Clinton

Today’s Deal is a great opportunity to complete, in one swoop, your 50 States Quarter set. The 50 States Quarter series ran from 1999 through 2009 and had a Quarter representing each state and six U.S. Territories. This set is all uncirculated examples from both the Denver and Philadelphia Mints, a 112-coin set in all. SmyrnaCoin through their Amazon storefront is selling this massive set for $109.99. That is nearly half the price of the average …

CCAC Releases Images of Final 2022 American Women Quarter Program

June 16, 2021 by Clinton

2022 Anna May Wong American Women Quarter Series Design Candidates (Images Courtesy of CCAC)

The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) has released the candidate images for the three remaining 2022 American Women Quarter Program. The three designs honoring Wilma Mankiller, Anna May Wong, and Adelina Otero-Warren join the Dr. Sally Ride and Maya Angelou Quarters as the first five in the program set to launch next year. Mankiller, Wong, and Otero-Warren were all announced as the final three honorees earlier this month. A bit of background on the three …

United States Mint Announces Next Three Women in The American Women Quarters Program

June 10, 2021 by Clinton

The United States Mint has announced the next three women that will be honored in the American Women Quarters Program. The program, set to kick off in 2022, will honor American women and their accomplishments and contributions to America. The program will run from 2022 through 2025. The United States Mint (Mint) is pleased to announce the addition of the following women to be honored during the first year of the American Women Quarters™ Program: …

United States Mint Announces First Two Honorees in American Women Quarters Program

April 13, 2021 by Clinton

The following is a Press Release from the United States Mint, announcing that writer Maya Angelou and astronaut Dr. Sally Ride will be the first women honored in the new American Women Quarters Program. The new program calls for five different Reverse designs honoring trailblazing American women to be released starting in 2022 through to 2025. The Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee, CCAC, is set to meet on April 20, 2021 to discuss the proposed designs …

United States Mint Requests Recommendations of Prominent American Women for New Quarter Reverse

March 29, 2021 by Clinton

The following is a Press Release from the United States Mint asking for recommendations of prominent American women for the new Quarter Reverse set for release starting in 2022. Enacted through the Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020, the legislation calls for the reverse of the Washington Quarter to feature five prominent American women each year starting in 2022 through to 2025. You can read the legislation here. It was signed into law in …

NGC Signs Exclusive Signature Label Deal with 2021 Quarter Coin Designer Benjamin Sowards

March 10, 2021 by Clinton

2021-P Washington Crossing the Delaware Quater Sowards Signature Label (Image Courtesy of NGC)

The following is a Press Release from Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC) announcing an exclusive Signature Label agreement with Benjamin Sowards, the designer of the upcoming 2021 Washington Crossing the Delaware Reverse Quarter. Numismatic Guaranty Corporation® (NGC®) is delighted to announce its latest exclusive Signature Label partnership, with artist and illustrator Benjamin Sowards. As a member of the US Mint Artistic Infusion program (AIP), Sowards has designed several US coins and medals, including the reverse of …

Today’s Deal – Complete Set (P,D) 50 States Quarter Series

March 3, 2021 by Clinton

Today’s Deal is a great opportunity to complete, in one swoop, your 50 States Quarter set. The 50 States Quarter series ran from 1999 through 2009 and had a Quarter representing each state and six U.S. Territories. This set is all uncirculated examples from both the Denver and Philadelphia Mints, 112 coins in all. SmyrnaCoin through their Amazon storefront is selling this massive set for $109.99. That is nearly half the price of the average price …

Coin History – Standing Liberty Quarter

February 22, 2021 by Clinton

In the last Coin History article covering the Winged Liberty Head, or Mercury, Dime, I discussed the significant changes that happened to United States coinage in 1916. Misguided by the wrong interpretation of a law, the Mint was compelled to believe that it had to change the Half Dollar, Quarter Dollar, and Dime given they had been in circulation for 25 years. That wrong reading of the law led to the birth of the Mercury …

2021 Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site 3-Coin Set Sales Start Today

February 19, 2021 by Clinton

2021 Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site 3-Coin Set (Image Courtesty of The United States Mint)

The United States Mint is set to release the final 3-coin set in the American the Beautiful Quarter series later today. The 2021 Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site set will go on sale at Noon Eastern, 9:00 AM Pacific at the United States Mint website. Overall it is the penultimate product for the 2021 Tuskegee Airmen Quarter, with the 5-ounce silver bullion coin set for release in the Spring. For those of you who are in …