7/7 United States Mint Press Releases/Public Statements

United States Mint Releases Two Popular Annual Sets in July July 6, 2010 at 10:00 PM WASHINGTON - Two of the United States Mint's most popular annual sets will be available for purchase in July.  The 2010 United States Mint Uncirculated Set®, priced at $31.95, will be available on July 15; and the 2010 United States Mint Proof Set®, priced at $31.95, will be available on July 22.  Both sets include the first five commemorative quarter-dollar coins in the America the Beautiful QuartersTM Program, honoring Hot Springs National Park (Arkansas), Yellowstone National Park (Wyoming), Yosemite National Park (California), Grand Canyon National Park (Arizona), and Mount Hood National Forest (Oregon).  The sets also include four Presidential $1 Coins, honoring Presidents Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan and Abraham Lincoln; one Native American $1 Coin; one Kennedy half-dollar coin; one Jefferson 5-cetn coin; one Roosevelt dime coin; and one Lincoln one-cent cent.   United States Mint and the Army and Air Force Exchange Service Join Forces to Promote $1 Coins July 1, 2010 at 10:00 PM Washington, DC - The United States Mint and the Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) are teaming up to encourage regular use of $1 coins in everyday cash transactions at military exchanges.  Retailers at Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Fort Huachuca, Arizona; and Fort Carson, Peterson Air Force Base and the Air Force Academy in Colorado have been selected by AAFES to participate in a $1 coin launch initiative to begin on July 4.  The goal of the initiative is to expand $1 coin usage to all 1,703 AAFES locations throughout the country.  Exchanges are retail stores located on military bases and facilities that serve active duty and retired members of the Armed Forced and their families.