Only recently I've been apprised of the news of what the United States Mint has in mind for the next ten years, and so thought I might share it with those lucky enough to read it here. Even if you are not a coin collector, you might want to take a second look at your change over the next few years, as we are all sure to learn more about America itself.
First, in 2009, the Mint has been and will be releasing quarters honoring the District of Columbia and all five U.S. Territories. The quarters are being released in this order:
o The District of Columbia
o The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
o Guam
o American Samoa
o The United States Virgin Islands
o The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Then, starting in 2010, the United State Mint will launch the America is Beautiful Quarter Program. By 2021 56 quarters will celebrate the spectacular preserved scenery of the entire country, and will feature sites from all 50 states, the five territories, and the District of Columbia. Alas, Kansans, we must wait until 2020 to see our coin! The release schedule for the 56 quarters is as follows:
Year: Location - Site - Date Established (m/d/yyyy):
2010 Arkansas Hot Springs National Park 4/20/1832
Wyoming Yellowstone National Park 3/1/1872
California Yosemite National Park 10/1/1890
Arizona Grand Canyon National Park 2/20/1893
Oregon Mt. Hood National Forest 9/28/1893
2011 Pennsylvania Gettysburg National Military Park 2/11/1895
Montana Glacier National Park 2/22/1897
Washington Olympic National Park 2/22/1897
Mississippi Vicksburg National Military Park 2/21/1899
Oklahoma Chickasaw National Recreation Area 7/1/1902
2012 Puerto Rico El Yunque National Forest 1/17/1903
New Mexico Chaco Culture National Historical Park 3/11/1907
Maine Acadia National Park 7/8/1916
Hawaii Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park 8/1/1916
Alaska Denali National Park 2/26/1917
2013 New Hampshire White Mountain National Forest 5/16/1918
Ohio Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial 3/3/1919
Nevada Great Basin National Park 1/24/1922
Maryland Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine 3/3/1925
South Dakota Mount Rushmore National Memorial 3/3/1925
2014 Tennessee Great Smoky Mountains National Park 5/22/1926
Virginia Shenandoah National Park 5/22/1926
Utah Arches National Park 4/12/1929
Colorado Great Sand Dunes National Park 3/17/1932
Florida Everglades National Park 5/30/1934
2015 Nebraska Homestead National Monument of America 3/19/1936
Louisiana Kisatchie National Forest 6/3/1936
North Carolina Blue Ridge Parkway 6/30/1936
Delaware Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge 6/22/1937
New York Saratoga National Historical Park 6/1/1938
2016 Illinois Shawnee National Forest 9/6/1939
Kentucky Cumberland Gap National Historical Park 6/11/1940
West Virginia Harpers Ferry National Historical Park 6/30/1944
North Dakota Theodore Roosevelt National Park 2/25/1946
South Carolina Fort Moultrie (Fort Sumter National Monument) 4/28/1948
2017 Iowa Effigy Mounds National Monument 10/25/1949
District of Columbia Frederick Douglass National Historic Site 9/5/1962
Missouri Ozark National Scenic Riverways 8/27/1964
New Jersey Ellis Island National Monument (Statue of Liberty) 5/11/1965
Indiana George Rogers Clark National Historical Park 7/23/1966
2018 Michigan Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore 10/15/1966
Wisconsin Apostle Islands National Lakeshore 9/26/1970
Minnesota Voyageurs National Park 1/8/1971
Georgia Cumberland Island National Seashore 10/23/1972
Rhode Island Block Island National Wildlife Refuge 4/12/1973
2019 Massachusetts Lowell National Historical Park 6/5/1978
Northern Mariana Islands American Memorial Park 8/18/1978
Guam War in the Pacific National Historical Park 8/18/1978
Texas San Antonio Missions National Historical Park 11/10/1978
Idaho Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness 7/23/1980
2020 American Samoa National Park of American Samoa 10/31/1988
Connecticut Weir Farm National Historic Site 10/31/1990
U.S. Virgin Islands Salt River Bay National Historical Park
& Ecological Preserve 2/24/1992
Vermont Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park 8/26/1992
Kansas Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve 11/12/1996
2021 Alabama Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site 11/6/1998
For further information, see the United State Mint's formal website at http://www.usmint.gov/.
