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WASHINGTON - The United States Mint will begin accepting orders for the 2012 America the Beautiful Quarters Three-Coin Set - El Yunque National Forest on February 7 at noon Eastern Time (ET).

WASHINGTON - The first 2012 coin in the United States Mint's America the Beautiful Quarters Program - honoring Puerto Rico's El Yunque National Forest - entered into circulation on January 23.  At noon Eastern Time (ET) on February 3, the bureau will offer collectible bags and rolls of the El Yunque National Forest quarter for sale at its Web site, http://www.usmint.gov/catalog.  The 100-coin bags are priced at $34.95, and the two-roll sets (40-coins per roll) are priced at $32.95.  These prices are significantly lower than those charged for America the Beautiful Quarters Bags and Rolls products in 2011.  

WASHINGTON - The United States Mint is pleased to announce that it is reducing or maintaining 2011 prices for some of its most popular products to be offered in 2012.  The bureau was able to set these lower prices and maintain others by refining the product costing process, taking advantage of current lower prices for precious metals and negotiating better pricing from its suppliers. 

WASHINGTON - Sales for the 2012 United States Mint America the Beautiful Quarters Proof Set will open on January 17, 2012, at noon Eastern Time (ET).  The set - still priced at $14.95 - contains proof versions of the new quarters scheduled for release this year with reverse (tails side) designs honoring El Yunque National Forest (Puerto Rico), Chaco Culture National Historical Park (New Mexico), Acadia National Park (Maine), Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park (Hawaii) and Denali National Park and Preserve (Alaska).  The obverse of the coins (heads side) features a restored version of the 1932 John Flanagan portrait of George Washington.

WASHINGTON - The United States Mint today announced the opening of sales for the 2011 America the Beautiful Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin - Vicksburg National Military Park (Mississippi) on January 12, 2012, at noon Eastern Time (ET). 

WASHINGTON - The United States Mint announced today that the public tour at its production plant in Philadelphia is closed for renovations.  The tour is scheduled to reopen in the summer of 2012.  The gift shop will remain open during renovations.

WASHINGTON - The United States Mint today announced the designs that will appear on the Presidential $1 Coins in 2012.  The obverse (heads sides) of the coins will bear striking portraits of former Presidents Chester Arthur, Grover Cleveland (first term), Benjamin Harrison and Grover Cleveland (second term). 

WASHINGTON - The United States Mint's first numismatic offering of the new year will be the 2012 United States Mint America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set^TM.  The set - available for purchase starting at noon Eastern Time (ET) on January 10 - contains proof versions of the third set of five coins in the America the Beautiful Quarters Program struck in 90 percent silver.  The coins bear reverse (tails side) designs honoring El Yunque National Forest (Puerto Rico), Chaco Culture National Historical Park (New Mexico), Acadia National Park (Maine), Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park (Hawaii) and Denali National Park and Preserve (Alaska).  The obverse of the coins (heads side) features a restored version of the 1932 John Flanagan portrait of George Washington. 

WASHINGTON - The United States Mint will accept orders for the James Garfield $1 Coin Cover starting noon Eastern Time (ET) on December 29, 2011.  The limited-edition coin cover includes two circulating quality 2011 James Garfield Presidential $1 Coins from the first day of mintage at the United States Mint - September 8, 2011, for the United States Mint at Philadelphia, and September 1, 2011, for the United States Mint at Denver.  The coins are mounted on a handsome display card with a 44-cent postage stamp.  The postmark of "November 17, 2011" marks the day the James Garfield Presidential $1 Coins were first released to the public.

WASHINGTON - The United States Mint Presidential $1 Coin & First Spouse Medal Set - James Garfield will be available for purchase starting at noon Eastern Time (ET) on December 22, 2011.  The set includes an uncirculated quality James Garfield Presidential $1 Coin and a bronze medal bearing the same likeness of Lucretia Garfield that appears on the First Spouse Gold Coin struck in her honor.  The coin and medal are encased in a durable plastic card that is enhanced with beautiful representations of the portraits of the President and first lady, with issuance information on the back.

WASHINGTON - The United States Mint today announced the designs for the Star-Spangled Banner Commemorative Coins, scheduled for release in 2012.  The Star-Spangled Banner Commemorative Coin Act (Act) (Public Law 111-232) authorizes the bureau to mint and issue up to 100,000 gold $5 coins and 500,000 silver $1 coins to commemorate the bicentennial of the writing of our national anthem.  The coins will be available in proof and uncirculated qualities.  The Act requires that the coins' designs be emblematic of the War of 1812, particularly the Battle of Baltimore that formed the basis for the lyrics of "The Star-Spangled Banner."

WASHINGTON - Collectors may begin placing their orders for the United States Mint's 2011 America the Beautiful Quarters Three-Coin Set - Chickasaw National Recreation Area (Okla.) on December 20, 2011, at noon Eastern Time (ET).  The set contains two uncirculated quality Chickasaw National Recreation Area quarters - one each from the United States Mint facilities at Philadelphia and Denver - and one proof quality quarter from the United States Mint at San Francisco.  The coins are mounted on a durable plastic card that includes a brief description of the site and the coin design, as well as a Certificate of Authenticity on the back.

WASHINGTON - The United States Mint today announced the new designs that will appear on the reverses (tails sides) of the 2012-dated coins in the America the Beautiful Quarters Program.  The national sites to be honored next year are El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico, Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico, Acadia National Park in Maine, Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park in Hawaii and Denali National Park and Preserve in Alaska.