On April 8, 2014, the United States Mint started selling its latest America the Beautiful Quarters Three-Coin Set. This release is the second of five Three-Coin Sets for the year and the 22nd issued since the series debuted.
Front of Shenandoah National Park Quarters Three-Coin Set
Mounted on an attractive display card are three collectible 2014 Shenandoah National Park Quarters. The Shenandoah coins commemorate the national site for the state of Virginia.
For new collectors of the Mint’s America the Beautiful Quarters®, a series dating back to 2010, one of the nice things about Three-Coin Sets is that all but one is still for sale. It is easy to catch up with the series whereas most U.S. Mint products are lucky to be available for one year after they are released.
As we have been doing here on Coin News Extra for some time with new sets, further below we offer the latest sales figures for all of them. First, we offer a quick review of the 2014-dated sets. This year’s five sets with three still on the horizon include America the Beautiful Quarters commemorating:
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee
- Arches National Park in Utah
- Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado
- Everglades National Park in Florida
Held within Three-Coin Sets are three America the Beautiful Quarters — two in uncirculated quality and one in proof quality. These are qualities minted specifically for collectors. The proof coin is struck at the U.S. Mint in San Francisco and has a ‘S’ mint mark. The uncirculated quarters are split with one produced at the U.S. Mint in Denver and the other struck at the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia. These two coins have mint marks of ‘D’ and ‘P’.
As promised, here are United States Mint sales figures as of Sunday, April 13, 2014 for all sets released.
| Sales of 2010 – 2014 America the Beautiful Quarters Three-Coin Sets | |
|---|---|
| 2014 Shenandoah Quarter Set | 9,402 |
| 2014 Great Smoky Mountains Quarter Set | 12,003 |
| 2014 Mount Rushmore Quarter Set | 13,989 |
| 2013 Fort McHenry Quarter Set | 14,072 |
| 2013 Great Basin Quarter Set | 13,952 |
| 2013 Perry’s Victory Quarter Set | 15,981 |
| 2013 White Mountain Quarter Set | 17,265 |
| 2012 Denali Quarter Set | 15,637 |
| 2012 Hawaii Volcanoes Quarter Set | 16,647 |
| 2012 Acadia Quarter Set | 18,137 |
| 2012 Chaco Culture Quarter Set | 17,794 |
| 2012 El Yunque Quarter Set* | 19,891 |
| 2011 Chickasaw Quarter Set | 14,986 |
| 2011 Vicksburg Quarter Set | 16,677 |
| 2011 Olympic Quarter Set | 16,337 |
| 2011 Glacier Quarter Set | 17,425 |
| 2011 Gettysburg Quarter Set | 20,572 |
| 2010 Mount Hood Quarter Set | 17,116 |
| 2010 Grand Canyon Quarter Set | 20,023 |
| 2010 Yosemite Quarter Set | 20,257 |
| 2010 Yellowstone Quarter Set | 22,826 |
| 2010 Hot Springs Quarter Set | 21,913 |
*The El Yunque Quarters Three-Coin Set stands alone as sold out. All other sets may be ordered directly from the U.S. Mint website at www.usmint.gov/catalog.
Pricing varies depending on when the sets were released. Those issued from 2010 to 2011 are $14.95 and all later ones are $9.95. Also, three-Coin Sets released since 2012 have a display cards with an image of the national site honored. Older sets have U.S. Mint-branded black and white display cards.
