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America the Beautiful quarters
National parks and sites: five designs a year from 2010 through 2020, then one in 2021.
What our records show
- For 2010–2021, the years this site covers for this design, our table has production figures for 2 of 12 years; 10 years are not published in the sources we checked (2012–2021).
- Facilities in the record, with the mark their coins carried: Philadelphia: P (2010–2011); Denver: D (2010–2011).
- What the figures count: circulating production each calendar year, without proof or uncirculated-set coins (archived Mint production pages).
- The Mint's program page lists five designs for each year from 2010 through 2020 and one for 2021, 56 in all (our count of its release tables, which matches its own total). Our per-design figures cover 2010 and 2011.
“American Women Quarters 2022-2025 Washington Crossing the Delaware 2021 America the Beautiful Quarters 2010-2021 DC and U.S. Territories Quarters 2009 1900s 50 State Quarters (1999) 1999-2008 Bicentennial Quarter 1975-1976 George Washington Quarter 1932-1974, 1977-1998 Standing Liberty Quarter 1916-1930 1700s-1800s Barber Quarter 1892-1916”
“From 2010 through 2021, the U.S. Mint issued 56 quarters as part of the America the Beautiful Quarters Program.”
Metal, weight and size, where a Mint table dates it
| Coin years | Specification and source |
|---|---|
| 2010–2021 | No specification dated to these years in the sources we checked. |
Each row covers only the coin years its source establishes. Proof and collector versions can differ and aren't covered.
Current Mint specification (undated; applicability to earlier years not established)
Metal: cupro-nickel clad (8.33% nickel, balance copper) · Weight: 5.67 g · Diameter: 24.26 mm
Source: U.S. Mint, Coin Specifications page (archived October 9, 2024; the page says its content was last updated April 28, 2022). The page doesn't say which years' coins it describes.
How many were made
| Year | Philadelphia P | Denver D | What the figure counts, and notes | Source (see list below) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 173.60 million | 173.40 million | All America the Beautiful quarters designs of 2010 combined (calendar-year production). Per-design figures are in the by-design table below. circulating production that calendar year | 1 |
| 2011 | 196.20 million | 195.00 million | All America the Beautiful quarters designs of 2011 combined (calendar-year production). Per-design figures are in the by-design table below. circulating production that calendar year | 2 |
| 2012–2021 | Not published in the sources we checked. The Mint's current production-figures page shows a browser challenge to automated requests, and the archived copies we found don't include these years. | |||
- Mint production page, 2010 (archived), January 2010 through December 2010
- Mint production page, 2011 (archived), January 2011 through December 2011
By design
The Mint's production pages list each design separately: circulating production at Denver and Philadelphia, without proof or collector coins. For the years shown, each year's designs add up to the calendar-year table above.
| Year | Design | Denver D | Philadelphia P | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Hot Springs National Park | 34,000,000 | 35,600,000 | Mint production page, 2010 (archived) |
| 2010 | Yellowstone National Park | 34,800,000 | 33,600,000 | Mint production page, 2010 (archived) |
| 2010 | Yosemite National Park | 34,800,000 | 35,200,000 | Mint production page, 2010 (archived) |
| 2010 | Grand Canyon National Park | 35,400,000 | 34,800,000 | Mint production page, 2010 (archived) |
| 2010 | Mount Hood National Forest | 34,400,000 | 34,400,000 | Mint production page, 2010 (archived) |
| 2011 | Gettysburg National Military Park | 30,400,000 | 30,800,000 | Mint production page, 2011 (archived) |
| 2011 | Glacier National Park | 31,200,000 | 30,400,000 | Mint production page, 2011 (archived) |
| 2011 | Olympic National Park | 30,600,000 | 30,400,000 | Mint production page, 2011 (archived) |
| 2011 | Vicksburg National Military Park | 33,400,000 | 30,800,000 | Mint production page, 2011 (archived) |
| 2011 | Chickasaw National Recreation Area | 69,400,000 | 73,800,000 | Mint production page, 2011 (archived) |
Where the mint mark is
“When mint marks returned in 1968, they were placed on the obverse, after having previously been on the reverse of coins.” (U.S. Mint)
Sources
- Coin Production Figures (U.S. Mint, 1999-2012 site). United States Mint (archived copy).
- Quarter (U.S. Mint, Circulating Coins). United States Mint (archived copy).
- America the Beautiful Quarters Program (U.S. Mint). United States Mint (archived copy).
- Coin Specifications (U.S. Mint). United States Mint (archived copy).
Figures and quotes checked against their sources on October 12, 2026.