We are pleased to offer for sale this 2019-S Northern Mariana Islands American Memorial Park National Park Silver Quarter in GEM Proof condition from the US Mint's America the Beautiful Quarters Program. This American Memorial Park Quarter comes from the San Francisco (S) Mint. This Northern Mariana Islands National Park Quarter is the forty seventh release in the America the Beautiful Quarters Series. American Memorial Park is featured forty seventh because it was established as a National Park on August 18, 1978 by the NPS (National Park Service), the forty seventh national reservation in United States history.
Information on American Memorial Park :
American Memorial Park honors the American and Marianas people who gave their lives during the Marianas Campaign of World War II. 5,204 names are inscribed on a memorial which was dedicated during the 50th Anniversary of the Invasion of Saipan. Within the 133-acre boundary are white beaches, sporting areas, picnic sites, playgrounds, walkways, and a 30-acre protected wetland and mangrove forest.
Information on the United States Mint America the Beautiful Quarters Program:
From 2010 through 2021 the US Mint is issuing commemorative quarters with special reverse designs celebrating National Parks and other National Sites. A park or site is being honored in each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the five US Territories: Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, US Virgin Islands, and Northern Mariana Islands. Each National Park or National Site was selected for its natural or historical significance. The National Park Quarters are being minted and issued at the rate of 5 designs a year, in approximately ten week intervals. The National Park Quarters are being released in the order that the locations were first designated as National Sites. The Obverse side of the coins feature a smaller restoration of the original Washington Quarter portrait, modeled from designer John Flanagan's 1932 plaster. The Reverse of each coin will feature a representation of the unique character and environment of each State, District, or Territory's National Park or Historic Site.
Circulation strikes will be minted at the Philadelphia (P) and Denver (D) Mints (starting in 2012 circulation strikes were also minted at the San Francisco (S) Mint). The San Francisco (S) mint will strike the Proofs in clad composition and silver. Clad composition strikes contain an outer layer of 75% copper and 25% nickel bonded to an inner core of pure copper with a 24.33 mm diameter, 5.67 grams weight, and a reeded edge. Up until 2019, the silver strikes were minted from 90% silver and 10% copper with a weight of 6.25 grams. Beginning in 2019 the mint began striking these coins in 0.999 silver.
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