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2015 Silver IGS PR70 Set of Five National Park Quarters
The America the Beautiful Quarters are a series of 25-cent pieces (quarters) issued by the United States Mint from 2010 until at least 2021. The series may be extended at the option of the Secretary of the Treasury, potentially extending the series to 2033. The obverse of all the coins will depict George Washington in a restored version of the original portrait used for the 1932 Washington Quarter.
There will be five new reverse designs each year (one in 2021) each depicting a national park or national site (one from each state, the federal district and each territory). The program is authorized by the America's Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008.You will receive the five issued in 2015. Each coin is 90% silver and is graded PR70 by IGS and are "first Day of Issue" or FDOI.
Includes:- Five "America The Beautiful" National Park Washington Quarters
Specifications
- Coin Type: Washington Quarter
- Quantity: Five
- Coin Grade: PR-70
- Certified By: IGS
- Denomination: 25 Cents
- Diameter: 24.3mm
- Mint Mark: San Francisco, CA
- Mintage Year(s): 2015
- Obverse: George Washington
- Reverse (One On Each Coin): Homestead National Monument of America; Kisatchie National Forest; Blue Ridge Parkway; Bombay Hook Historical Park or Saratoga Historical National Park
Please Note: The coins comes protected in capsule and a gift box with a certificate of authenticity.
Distributed by the American Collectors Mint.
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