WASHINGTON -Bags and rolls of the first commemorative quarter-dollar coin of 2008-honoring Oklahoma-will be available beginning 12 noon (ET) on January 28, 2008, the United States Mint announced today. There is no order limit on these options.

The coins contained in the Oklahoma quarter bags and rolls were struck on the main production floors at the United States Mint facilities at Denver and Philadelphia for use in general circulation.

The Oklahoma quarter is the 46th coin in the United States Mint’s popular 50 State Quarters® Program. The coin’s reverse design features the State bird, the Scissortail Flycatcher. The bird is soaring above the State wildflower, the Indian Blanket, amid a field of similar wildflowers. Inscriptions on the reverse are “Oklahoma” and “1907.” (more…)

WASHINGTON-The United States Mint announced today that sales of the 2008 United States Mint 50 State Quarters Proof SetTM will open on January 24 at 12:00 noon (ET). This year’s set, still priced at $13.95, contains the five commemorative quarter-dollars honoring Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, Alaska and Hawaii in proof condition. These are the final quarters in the popular 50 State Quarters® Program, which introduced the joy of coin collecting to millions of Americans.

The term “proof” refers to a manufacturing process in which specially-treated coin blanks are struck multiple times using specially-polished dies. Proof coins-unlike coins produced for general circulation-are extraordinarily brilliant, with sharp relief and a mirror-like background. A frosted, sculpted foreground gives these coins a special cameo effect. (more…)

GOV. Felix P. Camacho has appointed his executive assistant, Shawn Gumataotao, to lead the local design program for the Guam commemorative quarter dollar.

Guamataotao will also serve as liaison to the U.S. Mint for the District of Columbia and United States Territories Circulating Quarter Dollar Program.
A provision of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2008 authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to issue a series of circulating commemorative quarter-dollar coins in 2009 with reverse designs emblematic of the U.S. territories. (more…)