United States Mint to Launch Eighth Coin in America the Beautiful Quarters® Program June 14

New quarter honors Olympic National Park in Washington

Join the United States Mint and the National Park Service Tuesday, June 14, for the official launch of the new quarter honoring Olympic National Park.  The ceremony will take place 11 a.m. Pacific Time (PT), at City Pier in Port Angeles, Wash.  Following the ceremony, there will be a coin exchange where the public can swap their cash for rolls of the new Olympic National Park quarter.  Children 18 years old and younger will receive a free Olympic National Park quarter to commemorate the event.

WHAT

Presentation of the Olympic National Park Quarter and Coin Exchange

WHO

B.B. Craig, Associate Director, United States Mint

Mike Gregoire, First Gentleman of Washington

Karen Gustin, Superintendent, Olympic National Park

Jeff Renner, Chief Meteorologist, KING 5 News

 

WHEN

Tuesday, June 14, at 11 a.m. (PT)

WHERE

City Pier

Port Angeles, Wash.

The United States Mint will hold a Coin Forum on Monday June 13, at 7 p.m. (PT).  The Coin Forum is an opportunity for the public to give their input about the Nation's future coinage, and to learn about upcoming United States Mint coin programs and initiatives.  The forum will be held at the Olympic National Park Visitor Center at 3002 Mt. Angeles Road in Port Angeles, Wash.

The America the Beautiful Quarters® Program, authorized by Public Law 110-456, is a 12-year initiative to honor 56 national parks and other national sites.  Each year, the public will see five new quarters, each with an honored national site depicted on the coin's reverse (tails side).  The United States Mint will issue these quarters in the order in which the honored site was first established as a national site.  The Olympic National Park quarter is the eighth coin released in the program.