America’s Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008

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America’s Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008 is a U.S. law that created the America the Beautiful Quarters program, featuring designs honoring national parks and other national sites on circulating quarter-dollar coins.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal law
coinage legislation
administeredBy United States Mint
appliesTo United States Mint coinage operations
authorizedBy United States Congress
category United States commemorative coin programs
United States numismatic legislation
coinComposition clad composition for circulation
coinType circulating commemorative quarter
collectorVersions numismatic proof sets
silver proof sets
uncirculated sets
country United States of America
createdProgram America the Beautiful Quarters program
denominationAffected quarter dollar
designFeature reverse designs honoring national parks
reverse designs honoring national sites
designSelectionBasis one site from each U.S. territory
one site from each state
one site from the District of Columbia
designSideAffected reverse
designTheme national parks and national sites significant to each jurisdiction
faceValuePerCoin 25 cents
languageOfText English
legalTenderFor United States dollar
linked to: US dollar
maximumNumberOfDesigns 56
monetaryUnit USD
obverseDesign George Washington portrait retained from earlier quarters
predecessorProgram 50 State Quarters program
purpose to continue thematic quarter-dollar coin programs after the 50 State Quarters program
to honor national parks and other national sites on circulating quarter-dollar coins
relatedAgency National Park Service
relatedProgram America the Beautiful Five Ounce Silver Bullion Coin program
resultedIn production of multiple annually changing quarter designs
scope nationwide
seriesEndYear 2021
seriesName America the Beautiful Quarters
seriesStartYear 2010
shortName America the Beautiful Quarters Act
subject United States quarter-dollar coins
national parks
national sites
successorProgram America the Beautiful Quarters program
territoriesIncluded American Samoa
Guam
Northern Mariana Islands
Puerto Rico
U.S. Virgin Islands

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America the Beautiful Quarters authorizedBy America’s Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008
Public Law 110-456 shortTitle America the Beautiful Quarters Program Act of 2008
linked to: America’s Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008
America’s Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008 shortName America the Beautiful Quarters Act
linked to: America’s Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008