The America the Beautiful quarters (sometimes abbreviated ATB quarters) were a series of circulating commemorative quarters released by the United States Mint. Minted from 2010 through 2021, they featured unique designs commemorating a national natural or historic site such as national parks, national historic sites, or national forests. There were five new reverse designs each year (one in 2021), which included one from each U.S. state, the District of Columbia, and each territory. The obverse depicts George Washington in a modified version of the portrait used for the original 1932 Washington quarter. The program was authorized by the America's Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008 (.
Designs and mintage Quarters were issued with reverse designs commemorating national parks and sites in the order of which that park or site was deemed a national site. The quarters from three states depict parks or sites that were previously portrayed on the 50 State quarters series (Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona, Yosemite National Park in California, and Mount Rushmore in South Dakota). While they depict the same sites, they bear new designs.
Over the course of the series, four mints produced the America the Beautiful quarters. Standard circulating quarters were produced at the Philadelphia and Denver Mints throughout the series. In 2010 and 2011, the San Francisco Mint produced quarters exclusively for the annual Proof Set. In 2012, San Francisco started producing America the Beautiful quarters in the standard circulation finish of the P and D quarters for sale to collectors.
On April 2, 2019, the United States Mint announced that the West Point Mint would release 10 million quarters (2 million of each design released that year). This was the first time the mint mark appeared on a circulating coin. The quarters were mixed into uncirculated bags and rolls of the quarters to stimulate public interest in coin collecting. In 2020, the obverses of the quarters struck at West Point also include a privy mark. The privy design features the text "V75", celebrating the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II inside an outline of the Rainbow Pool at the World War II Memorial in Washington, DC.
List of designs Year No. Jurisdiction Site Release date(national site date) Design Elements depictedEngraver Mintage Denver Satin Philadelphia Satin San Francisco EnhancedWest Point Total2010 1 Arkansas Hot Springs National Park (April 20, 1832) The park headquarters building with a thermal fountain in front of itJoseph Menna 34,000,000 583,879 35,600,000 583,879—— 70,767,758 2 Wyoming Yellowstone National Park (March 1, 1872) A bison and Old FaithfulDon Everhart 34,800,000 583,879 33,600,000 583,879—— 69,567,758 3 California Yosemite National Park (October 1, 1890) El CapitanPhebe Hemphill 34,800,000 583,879 35,200,000 583,879—— 71,167,758 4 Arizona Grand Canyon National Park (February 20, 1893) Marble CanyonPhebe Hemphill 35,400,000 583,879 34,800,000 583,879—— 71,367,758 5 Oregon Mount Hood National Forest (September 28, 1893) Lost Lake with Mount Hood in the distancePhebe Hemphill 34,400,000 583,879 34,400,000 583,879—— 69,967,7582011 6 Pennsylvania Gettysburg National Military Park (February 11, 1895) The 72nd Pennsylvania Infantry MonumentPhebe Hemphill 30,400,000 30,800,000—— 61,200,000 7 Montana Glacier National Park (February 22, 1897) A mountain goat with Reynolds Mountain in the distanceCharles L. Vickers 31,200,000 30,400,000—— 61,600,000 8 Washington Olympic National Park (February 22, 1897) A Roosevelt elk at the Hoh River with Mount Olympus in the distanceMichael Gaudioso 30,500,000 30,500,000—— 61,000,000 9 Mississippi Vicksburg National Military Park (February 21, 1899) The USS Cairo on the Yazoo RiverJoseph Menna 33,400,000 30,800,000—— 64,200,000 10 Oklahoma Chickasaw National Recreation Area (July 1, 1902) The Lincoln BridgeJim Licaretz 69,400,000 73,800,000—— 143,200,0002012 11 Puerto Rico El Yunque National Forest (January 17, 1903) A Puerto Rican amazon and a common coquíMichael Gaudioso 25,000,000 25,800,000 1,680,000— 52,480,000 12 New Mexico Chaco Culture National Historical Park (March 11, 1907) Two elevated kivas that are part of the Chetro Ketl complexPhebe Hemphill 22,000,000 22,000,000 1,389,020— 45,389,020 13 Maine Acadia National Park (July 8, 1916) The Bass Harbor Head LighthouseJoseph Menna 21,606,000 24,800,000 1,409,120— 47,815,120 14 Hawaii Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park (August 1, 1916) KīlaueaCharles L. Vickers 78,600,000 46,200,000 1,409,120— 126,209,120 15 Alaska Denali National Park and Preserve (February 26, 1917) A Dall sheep with Denali in the backgroundJim Licaretz 166,600,000 135,400,000 1,409,220— 303,409,220 16 New Hampshire White Mountain National Forest (May 16, 1918) Mount Chocorua with birch trees in the foregroundPhebe Hemphill 107,600,000 68,800,000 1,606,900— 178,006,900 17 Ohio Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial (March 3, 1919) The statue of Oliver Hazard Perry and the International Peace Memorial columnDon Everhart 131,600,000 107,600,000 1,606,900— 240,825,860 18 Nevada Great Basin National Park (January 24, 1922) A bristlecone pineRenata Gordon 141,400,000 122,400,000 1,425,860— 265,116,500 19 Maryland Fort McHenry National Monument (March 3, 1925) Fort McHenry under bombardmentJoseph Menna 151,400,000 120,000,000 1,316,500— 272,713,680 20 South Dakota Mount Rushmore National Memorial (March 3, 1925) Workers carving the Mount Rushmore National MemorialJoseph Menna 272,400,000 231,800,000 1,373,260— 505,573,2602014 21 Tennessee Great Smoky Mountains National Park (May 22, 1926) A log cabin in the forest with a hawk in flightRenata Gordon 99,400,000 73,200,000 1,360,780— 173,960,780 22 Virginia Shenandoah National Park (May 22, 1926) A hiker at the summit of Stony Man TrailPhebe Hemphill 197,800,000 112,800,000 1,266,720— 311,866,720 23 Utah Arches National Park (April 12, 1929) Delicate Arch with the La Sal Mountains in the distanceCharles L. Vickers 251,400,000 214,200,000 1,235,940— 466,835,940 24 Colorado Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve (March 17, 1932) A father and son playing on the banks of a creek, with sand dunes and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in the backgroundDon Everhart 171,800,000 159,600,000 1,176,760— 332,576,760 25 Florida Everglades National Park (May 30, 1934) An anhinga on a willow, and a roseate spoonbill wading in the waterJoseph Menna 142,400,000 157,601,000 1,180,900— 301,181,9002015 26 Nebraska Homestead National Historical Park (March 19, 1936) A log cabin, two ears of corn, and a water pump, representing shelter, food, and waterJim Licaretz 248,600,000 214,400,000 1,153,840— 464,153,840 27 Louisiana Kisatchie National Forest (June 3, 1936) A wild turkey in flight over bluestem grass, with long leaf pines in the backgroundJoseph Menna 379,600,000 397,200,000 1,099,380— 777,899,380 28 North Carolina Blue Ridge Parkway (June 30, 1936) A short stretch of the Blue Ridge Parkway, with flowering dogwood in the foregroundJoseph Menna 505,200,000 325,616,000 1,096,620— 831,912,620 29 Delaware Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge (June 22, 1937) A great blue heron, with a great egret behind it, in a salt marshPhebe Hemphill 206,400,000 275,000,000 1,013,920— 482,413,920 30 New York Saratoga National Historical Park (June 1, 1938) A close-up of John Burgoyne surrendering his sword to Horatio GatesRenata Gordon 215,800,000 223,000,000 1,045,500— 439,845,5002016 31 Illinois Shawnee National Forest (September 6, 1939) Camel Rock and natural vegetation with a red-tailed hawk overheadJim Licaretz 151,800,000 155,600,000 1,081,914— 308,481,914 32 Kentucky Cumberland Gap National Historical Park (June 11, 1940) A frontiersman gazing across the Cumberland Mountains to the WestJoseph Menna 223,200,000 215,400,000 1,036,093— 439,636,093 33 West Virginia Harpers Ferry National Historical Park (June 30, 1944) John Brown's FortPhebe Hemphill 424,000,000 434,630,000 1,050,185— 859,680,185 34 North Dakota Theodore Roosevelt National Park (February 25, 1946) Theodore Roosevelt on horseback near the Little Missouri RiverPhebe Hemphill 223,200,000 231,600,000 1,073,092— 455,873,092 35 South Carolina Fort Moultrie (Fort Sumter National Monument) (April 28, 1948) William Jasper returning the regimental flag to the ramparts of Fort MoultrieJoseph Menna 142,200,000 154,400,000 979,566— 297,579,5662017 36 Iowa Effigy Mounds National Monument (October 25, 1949) An aerial view of effigy mounds in the Marching Bear GroupRenata Gordon 210,800,000 271,200,000 945,853 210,419— 483,156,272 37 District of Columbia Frederick Douglass National Historic Site (September 5, 1962) Frederick Douglass seated at a writing desk with his home in the backgroundPhebe Hemphill 185,800,000 184,800,000 950,503 210,419— 371,760,922 38 Missouri Ozark National Scenic Riverways (August 27, 1964) Alley MillRenata Gordon 200,000,000 203,000,000 921,747 210,419— 404,132,166 39 New Jersey Ellis Island (Statue of Liberty National Monument) (May 11, 1965) An immigrant family approaching Ellis IslandPhebe Hemphill 254,000,000 234,000,000 973,147 210,419— 489,183,566 40 Indiana George Rogers Clark National Historical Park (July 23, 1966) George Rogers Clark leading his men through the flooded plains approaching Fort SackvilleMichael Gaudioso 180,800,000 191,600,000 933,150 210,419— 373,543,569 41 Michigan Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore (October 15, 1966) Chapel Rock, with a white pine treeMichael Gaudioso 182,600,000 186,714,000 931,220— 370,245,220 42 Wisconsin Apostle Islands National Lakeshore (September 26, 1970) Devils Island, with sea caves and the Devils Island Lighthouse, and a kayaker in the foregroundRenata Gordon 216,600,000 223,200,000 889,080— 440,689,080 43 Minnesota Voyageurs National Park (January 8, 1971) A common loon, with a rock cliff in the backgroundJoseph Menna 197,800,000 237,400,000 867,400— 436,067,400 44 Georgia Cumberland Island National Seashore (October 23, 1972) A snowy egret, with a salt marsh in the backgroundDon Everhart 151,600,000 138,000,000 880,940— 290,480,940 45 Rhode Island Block Island National Wildlife Refuge (April 12, 1973) A black-crowned night heron flying over Cow Cove beach, with the North Lighthouse in the backgroundPhebe Hemphill 159,600,000 159,600,000 854,940— 320,054,9402019 46 Massachusetts Lowell National Historical Park (June 5, 1978) A mill girl working at a power loom, with the Boott Mills clock tower outside the windowPhebe Hemphill 182,200,000 165,800,000 909,080 2,000,000 350,909,080 47 Northern Mariana Islands American Memorial Park (August 18, 1978) A young Chamorro woman at the Flag Circle and Court of HonorPhebe Hemphill 182,600,000 142,800,000 952,795 2,000,000 328,352,795 48 Guam War in the Pacific National Historical Park (August 18, 1978) American forces coming ashore during the Second Battle of GuamMichael Gaudioso 114,400,000 116,600,000 947,001 2,000,000 233,947,001 49 Texas San Antonio Missions National Historical Park (official release date)
before (accidental release)(November 10, 1978) In the angles of a Greek cross, the elements of the Spanish colonial real coin: arches and a bell of the Mission San Francisco de la Espada bell tower, a lion, waves, and wheatJoseph Menna 129,400,000 142,800,000 945,719 2,000,000 275,145,719 50 Idaho Frank Church–River of No Return Wilderness (official release date)