| Olympic National Park Quarter Bags, Rolls and Ceremony |
The United States Mint announced that bags and rolls of the 2011 Olympic National Park Quarter will go on sale on Monday, June 13, at noon Eastern Time. Each 100-coin bag is $49.95 while the two-roll set, containing 80 quarters together, is $39.95 each. The Mint also said a coin forum will occur on the 13th, and the launch ceremony for the 2011 Olympic Quarter will be held on Tuesday, June 14, at 11 a.m. Pacific Time. The Olympic quarter is the third of the 2011 America the Beautiful Quarters and the eighth overall in the America the Beautiful Quarters® Program which celebrates national parks and cites throughout the U.S. and its territories. (See quarters release schedule.) The coin's reverse design portrays a Roosevelt elk standing on a gravel river bar of the Hoh River, and a classic image of Mount Olympus is in the background. It was designed by Susan Gamble and engraved by Michael Gaudioso. Inscriptions include OLYMPIC, WASHINGTON, 2011 and E PLURIBUS UNUM. |
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