About This Item

The America’s Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008 — Public Law 110-456 — authorizes the production of five-ounce, .999 fine silver bullion coins replicating each of the designs featured on the United States Mint America the Beautiful Quarters®. The bullion coins are three inches in diameter and have a face value of 25 cents. These are the first five-ounce, three-inch, .999 fine silver bullion coins ever produced by the United States Mint. The fineness and weight are edge-incused on the coins.

These unique silver bullion coins will feature reverse designs depicting national parks and other national sites in each state, District of Columbia and five U.S. territories — Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, U.S. Virgin Islands and Northern Mariana Islands. The coins will be issued in the order in which the featured site was first established as a national park or site.

Investors can now choose bullion coins that honor some of our Nation’s most treasured national parks and sites — majestic places that truly make us “America the Beautiful.”

The collector (“numismatic”) version of the bullion coin is produced with an uncirculated (brilliant) finish. It has the “P” mint mark for the United States Mint at Philadelphia, PA. The coin is encapsulated in plastic, accompanied by a presentation case and Certificate of Authenticity signed by the Director of the United States Mint, and is produced in limited quantities.

Features

• This America the Beautiful (ATB) coin is CERTIFIED by PCGS with a MS69 grade.
• DMPL means Deep Mirror Proof-Like.
• There are only 949 other Quarters with MS69 First Strike Mercanti hand signed on PCGS.
• It is a First Strike coin which means it was one of the first coins sold by the mint.
• Holder is hand signed by John Mercanti, who was recently awarded One of the Most Influential People in Numismatics. He has made over 100 designs for coins and medals for the U.S. Mint, which is more than any other person.