Hearing– and speech–impaired customers with TTY equipment may order at 1–888–321–MINT (6468). At noon Eastern Time the same day, the United States Mint opened sales of collectible bags and rolls of Vicksburg National Military Park quarters at and 1–800–USA–MINT (872–6468). The new quarter was released to Federal Reserve Banks on August 29. The Vicksburg National Military Park quarter is the ninth coin in the United States Mint’s America the Beautiful Quarters® Program. coinage and learn about United States Mint coin initiatives and programs. In addition to today’s ceremony, the United States Mint hosted a coin forum last evening where local residents gathered to discuss U.S. Those 18 years of age and younger received a free quarter to commemorate the event. Following the ceremony, attendees exchanged their currency for rolls of the Vicksburg National Military Park quarter. In addition to Runnels and Vicksburg National Military Park Superintendent Michael Madell, participants included Sarah McCullough, Cultural Heritage Program Manager at the Mississippi Development Authority Division of Tourism, WLBT TV–3 reporter Walt Grayson, and Hinds Community College’s Utica Jubilee Singers. United States Mint Chief of Staff Al Runnels told the crowd, which included more than 2000 school children, that the &lldquo America the Beautiful Quarters are a standing invitation for all Americans to come along on a journey to each national site” and that “today’s launch starts the journey of the Vicksburg National Military Park quarters as they pass from American hand to American hand, connecting America through coins.” Inscriptions on the reverse are VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI, 2011 and E PLURIBUS UNUM. The coin’s reverse (tails side) design depicts USS Cairo on the Yazoo River as it looked when it served the Union Navy during the Civil War. Residents of Vicksburg and the surrounding area – including thousands of children – joined United States Mint and National Park Service officials today to celebrate the release of a new quarter honoring Vicksburg National Military Park.
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