Today, February 9, 2012, the United States Mint released its second five ounce product of the year, the 2011 Chickasaw National Recreation Area Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin for Oklahoma. And indeed, the 2011 year is correct. While the coin was actually produced last year, a delay in the debut series itself extended the release intervals of all the coins to offer better staggering.

Anyone interested in the latest US Mint product can visit http://catalog.usmint.gov/ to make a purchase. The five ounce Chickasaw Silver Uncirculated Coin, the 10th in the series, is available for $204.95, a price that may change over time depending on how silver moves. That is due to the fact that each coin is composed from .999 fine silver to the aforementioned weight of five ounces.

Chickasaw’s mintage has been set at a maximum of 35,000. It would not appear that buyers will need to worry about their disappearance as only the first five in the series have sold out and those at lower mintages.

Since all issues in the America the Beautiful Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin™ series are intended for collectors, they have an uncirculated finish and bear a Philadelphia "P" mint mark. The US Mint also strikes the same-sized and designed coins intended for investors, but these coins have a brilliant finish and do not have a mint mark, although each is also produced in Philadelphia.

The US Mint has not announced when it will release this year’s 2012 uncirculated coins as the Chickasaw issue is the last of the 2011’s. The other four 2011-dated coins celebrate Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania, Glacier National Park in Montana, Olympic National Park in Washington and Vicksburg National Military Park in Mississippi.

The 2012’s will feature designs honoring El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico, Chaco Culture National Historical Park Quarter in New Mexico, Acadia National Park in Maine, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Quarter in Hawaii and Denali National Park Quarter in Alaska.