Ellis Island Quarters 2017 Issued

One of the newest coins released as a part of America the Beautiful Quarters is a design dedicated to Ellis Island. Coins associated with Ellis Island in New Jersey were presented on August, 28 2017. They are presented in rolls and bags.

The U.S. Mint presented rolls and bags for Ellis Island quarters in 2017.

Ellis Island is known to be the emigration harbor for immigrants who came to the U.S. in a period during 1892 – 1954. It was the first place in the U.S. that hosted them. All the immigrants went through the inspection processes that lasted for 3-7 hours on this island. It was depicted in the Statue of Liberty National Monument (1965).

America the Beautiful quarters released the 39th coin in the series and 4th coin this year being dedicated to Ellis Island. These coins are available in 40 rolls and 100 bags of the highest quality, produced in Philadelphia, Denver and San Francisco.

Ellis Island Quarter Designs

Initially there were 8 various designs for this series with Ellis Island on the reverse. U.S. Mint asked people to review the works of candidates and contribute to the decision. The decision upon the best design was made by the Secretary of Treasury.

Here you can see the works of the candidates for the 2017 Ellis Island quarter.

The winning design shows the family of immigrants in front of the legendary hospital on ellis Island. The design was created by the United States Mint Artistic Infusion Program (AIP) Designer Barbara Fox. It was sculptured by sculptor-engraver Phebe Hemphill. Watch the video down below to see Hemphill talk about the sculpture process and the coin details.

The readings on the coin include: “ELLIS ISLAND”, “NEW JERSEY”, “2017”, and “E PLURIBUS UNUM”. Here are the additional photos of Ellis Island Quarter 2017.

The series of coins America the Beautiful has the same, classic design of obverse as all the quarter coins since 1932. It depicts the portrait made by John Flangan of the first President of the U.S. George Washington. The portrait on the quarter was slightly changed in 2010, due to digital enhancements in order to improve the quality of picture and make it closer to original and more detailed.

The series of coins America the Beautiful has the same, classic design of obverse as all the quarter coins since 1932. It depicts the portrait made by John Flangan of the first President of the U.S. George Washington. The portrait on the quarter was slightly changed in 2010, due to digital enhancements in order to improve the quality of picture and make it closer to original and more detailed.

Head side engravings read "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA", "LIBERTY", "QUARTER DOLLAR", and "IN GOD WE TRUST". Furthermore, mintmarks of ‘P’, ‘D’, or ‘S’ indicate the place of coin’s manufacturing at the U.S. Mint production in P for Philadelphia, D for Denver and S for San Francisco.