The 2010 United States America the Beautiful Quarters Proof Set (Q5A) is available for sale for $14.95. They are made up of blanks that consist of 8.33% nickel and 91.66% cooper. These blanks are feed thru press twice to give them more detail than the coins in circulation. Then they are polished o a high luster finish. These are only minted at the San Francisco mint that is evident with the mark S on them.

The 2010 United States America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set (SV2) is available for sale for $32.95. These blanks are made of 90% pure silver that has a total weight of silver at 0.904 ounces. Just like the regular proof sets, the silver proof sets are only minted at the San Francisco mint.

At the present time both sets have sold over 100,000 units to the public for coin collecting purposes. These figures were helped since both sets had advance orders of over 70,000 units before they were available to the public.

The quarters included in both sets are the 2010 Hot Springs National Park, 2010 Yellowstone National Park, 2010 Yosemite National Park, Grand Canyon National Park and the Mount Hood National Park Quarters. 

If a set of the circulation coins is more to your liking, the cost of a set of 5 is at $9.99. But since 3 of the coins have yet to be minted and there might be a limited minting of one of the coins, there is no guarantee they will ever be made available directly from the mint.

This is the latest updated news on the America the Beautiful Proof Sets for 2010.

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The set of two rolls is being sold for $32.95 and the bags are for sale at $35.95 each. Both of these prices are above the face value of the coins, but they are in mint condition and uncirculated.

Today, on June 3, 2010 at 10:30 am MT, there will be a ceremony at Old Faithful Inn commemorating the official launch of this coin. Edmund Moy, the director of the US Mint, will be present at this ceremony. There is also a live pod cast of this historic event for those that are unable to visit the park today. Children under the age of 18 attending the event will receive a new quarter for free.

The tail side of this coin has an image of Old Faithful, with a bison standing in the fore ground. The head side is the original portrait of George Washington, designed by John Flanagan in 1932.

This is the second quarter issued in the America the Beautiful Quarters Program that will eventually release 56 new quarters commemorating the US national parks and sites across the nation. There are a total of 5 coins scheduled to be released each year, until all have been minted.

The specifications of the Yellowstone Quarter, for anyone into coin collecting, is 24.26mm diameter and with a thickness of 1.75mm.

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This set is the latest release from the US Mint that became open for public purchase on May 27, 2010. The Hot Springs Coin is the only one currently in circulation, and this is the only way a coin collector can have copies of all five coins at this time.

The total weight of all five coins is 0.904 troy ounces. What sets the proof apart for normal coins the mint produce is that they are struck twice to three times to make sure the impression is clear on the coin. Each coin is also specially cleaned and polished to a mirror like finish, unlike the standard coins, which are not polished that way.

The current price from the US Mint for this set is $32.95, plus shipping and handling.

The only other coins from this series that are available at this time are the 100 coin bags and 2 rolls of the Hot Springs Coin. On June 3^rd, the second coin meant for circulation will be scheduled for release. This is the Yellowstone National Park Coin.

For those that enjoy coin collecting, the 2010 America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set is the first set of an 11 year run. This could be your start to collecting this complete series without having to pay an additional charge once the mint stops producing this collector’s series.

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The different markets that silver is traded on are Australian, Hong Kong, New York Globex, London and the New York NYMEX. The price is carried over from one to other with a few of the markets being open simultaneously.

For those that are not sure what a spot market is and how it relates to silver, it can be explained easily. The spot market is the selling price of a commodity at any particular time. This sale is made with the exchange of currency and then the delivery of the commodity is immediate.

There are several ways to invest in silver. Coin collecting is one option. Rare and antique coins can have as much as .999 pure silver in them. But there is always an added price for the coin itself. It is very rare you can find a silver bullion coin for the spot price of silver when you purchase it. There are commemorative silver coins that contain 90% silver. Again they are priced above the silver bullion spot price.

If you are going to purchase silver coins do it only as a collector and not as an investment unless it is from a government mint that is selling silver bullion coins. This should be sold at the spot price of the silver or slightly above it. In addition they will send you the silver bullion coins that you get to actually take possession of.

The silver spot price is the actual selling price of the commodity silver, not what most people buy on television or at a coin store when purchasing silver.

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In total there will be 56 different coins released commemorating national parks and national sites across our great land. Each of these quarters will have the standard face or head of the coin that was first designed by John Flanagan of George Washington in 1932.

For coin collecting, these quarters are being released in sets of 2 rolls of 40 coins each or a bag of 100 coins. There is no mint limit or order limitations associated with this coin.

The same coin is being released as the Quarter Dollar that is being struck with 0.999 pure silver with a total weight of 5 ounces. There is no release date set for any of these silver quarter dollars, but they are scheduled in the same year as the regular American the Beautiful coins are released for circulation. Also the proof sets should be available by August or September by estimates give by the US Mint which are made of 90% silver.

The program is to last for 11 years until all 56 coin designs are released to the American public. If you wish, there is a box on the US Mint website they you can subscribe to and receive a shipment of these coins as soon as they are released to the public.

The America the Beautiful Silver Quarters are another way the US Mint is commemorating the United States of American in metal for all the ages to remember.

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This US commemorative coin is composed of 90 percent silver.  It weighs 26.73 grams and is 1.5 inches in diameter.  There will be a total of 500,000 Lincoln commemorative coins produced.

The obverse has a picture of Abraham Lincoln with the Motto In God We Trust and the Word Liberty.  The reverse of the 2009 Abraham Lincoln Commemorative Silver Dollar features a quote from Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.

It amazes me that Abraham Lincoln only served one term as President of the United States.  He served from 1861 to 1865 when he was assinated by John Wilkes Boothe.  Except for George Washington, no American President had a greater impact on the country than Lincoln.  He lead our country to victory in the Civil War and ended slavery in America.  George Washington is my favorite President.  But, Lincoln has to be my second favorite.

Will you buy a 2009 Lincoln Commemorative Silver Dollar?

I read on the CoinTalk forum all the time about coin collectors that like to search coin rolls for silver coins.  Some like to search through half dollar rolls looking for silver Kennedy half dollars, or through dime and quarter rolls looking for silver roosevelt dimes and and silver Washington quarters.  I am not sure that I have the patience for that, but it is a pretty cool hobby for those who love the thrill of the hunt.

Some might wonder why I stressed the number of silver coins in circulation in 1965.  The reaons that 1965 is significant is that is the year the United States Mint switched from silver US coins to clad US coins.

I guess we will never know for sure how many silver coins are still in circulation.  But, it sure would be interesting to know.