US Mint - The United States Mint (Mint) will begin accepting orders for products featuring the America the Beautiful Quarters® Program Coin honoring Weir Farm National Historic Site in Connecticut on May 18 at noon Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). This is the second release of 2020 and the 52nd overall in the program. Available product options are:
CODE OPTION MINT MARK PRICE
19ABD 100-Coin Bag P $36.75
19ABE 100-Coin Bag D $36.75
19ABF 100-Coin Bag S $36.75
19ARD Two-Roll Set P,D $34.50
19ARE 40-Coin Roll S $19.75
19ARF Three-Roll Set P,D,S $49.25
The Mint produces the coins in rolls and bags at the Philadelphia, Denver, and San Francisco facilities. The three-roll set contains coins from all three facilities. Unlike the "P" and "D" mint mark quarters, those with the "S" mint mark will not be released into circulation.
The coin's reverse (tails) design portrays an artist wearing a painter's smock, painting outside Julian Alden Weir's studio at Weir Farm. It was inspired by various images of the studio and Weir's paintings created on the property, as well as descriptions of Weir and his fellow artists' creative inspiration from the rural environment. The inscription "A NATIONAL PARK FOR ART" is included. Additional inscriptions are "WEIR FARM," "CONNECTICUT," "2020," and "E PLURIBUS UNUM."
The obverse (heads) of the
America the Beautiful Quarters Program Coins features the restored 1932 portrait of George Washington by sculptor
John Flanagan. Required obverse inscriptions are "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA," "LIBERTY," "IN GOD WE TRUST," and "QUARTER DOLLAR."
Posted 05/15/2020 10:15 pm
