2012 America the Beautiful Washington Quarter

About This Coin

The 2012 America the Beautiful Washington Quarter is a United States quarter from the America the Beautiful Quarters 2010-2021 series — 3rd of 12 years in the series. In 2012, coins were struck at the San Francisco, Denver, and Philadelphia Mints with a combined mintage of 583.2 million. This ranks 5th of 12 years by total mintage, below the series median of 1.5 billion. The obverse features George Washington facing left, based on a 1786 bust by Jean-Antoine Houdon and the reverse displays unique designs featuring national parks and sites from each state and territory. El Yunque (PR), Chaco Culture (NM), Acadia (ME), Hawai'i Volcanoes (HI), and Denali (AK) were featured. El Yunque marked the first U.S. territory site in the program. Struck in 75% copper, 25% nickel over a pure copper center, 24.3 mm in diameter, with a reeded edge. Collectors have cataloged 24 known die varieties for this date across 3 categories, including doubled die obverse, doubled die reverse, trail die obverse. Produced 7 years before the celebrated 2019 key date. Across its variants, estimated values range from $0 to $26 depending on mint mark, grade, and strike type. A notable auction result reached $1.9K in MS68 grade at eBay. Designed by John Flanagan (obverse) / various reverse designers.