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2018 Block Island Rhode Island 5 oz Silver America The Beautiful Coin Available for Pre-Order

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Notice: America the Beautiful Coins are of limited mintage and often sell out during the pre-sale or soon thereafter.

2018 Block Island Rhode Island 5 oz. Silver America The Beautiful .999 Fine Bullion Coin

The Block Island Rhode Island silver bullion coin is the fifth in a series of five 2018 America The Beautiful (ATB) five ounce silver bullion coins. It is available for pre-order, shipping by December 10, 2018.

On the Back of the Coin

The Block Island Rhode Island coin depicts a black-crowned night-heron soaring over the ocean with Cow Cove beach and the North Lighthouse in the background.

The words “BLOCK ISLAND”, “RHODE ISLAND”, “2018” and “E PLURIBUS UNUM.” are emblazoned on the coin’s reverse.

The coin’s reverse was designed by Chris Costello and engraved by United States Mint Sculptor-Engraver Phebe Hemphill.

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Click to Buy 2018 Block Island Rhode Island 5 oz Silver America The Beautiful .999 Fine Bullion Coins

The Block Island National Wildlife Refuge covers 133 acres and serves as migratory bird stopover point on the Atlantic coast. Established in 1973, the Block Island National Wildlife Refuge is a temporary and permanent home for dozens of species of birds. The refuge is covered in fruit bearing shrubs that provide high energy dense carbohydrate meals for migrating birds, including bayberry, rubus, poison ivy, northern arrowwood, black chokeberry, shadbush, winterberry, wild rose and autumn olive.

On the Front of the Coin

The ATB silver bullion coins look like giant quarters and even bear a face value of a “quarter dollar”, though the five ounces of silver contained in the coins makes them worth far more.

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Pictured above is a quarter dollar that is also a five ounce silver coin!
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American The Beautiful Coins in 2018

Earlier this year, the U.S. Mint released the first, second, third and fourth coins in the 2018 ATB series, the Pictured Rocks, Michigan, Apostle Islands, Wisconsin, the Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota and the Cumberland Island National Seashore Georgia coins. All of the first four 2018 ATB coins are SOLD OUT.

BGASC.com has limited quantities of the follow 2012 5 ounce ATB .999 silver bullion coins still available for sale:

Acadia National Park Coin

Chaco Culture National Park

Denali National Park

Hawaii National Park

Click here to see the remaining ATB coins available for sale.

The United States Mint quickly Sold Out of the Five ATB Bullion Coins in the 2017 Series and the first four of the 2018 ATB Series.

The America The Beautiful Five Ounce Silver Quarter Coins were a hit with investors and collectors in 2017. All five designs in the 2017 series sold out quickly as the U.S. Mint limited mintages on all coins. Two of the coins, the Frederick Douglass Historical Site and the Ozark Riverways, saw mintages of just 20,000, the lowest of any ATB coins since the U.S. Mint began production in 2010. The best selling coin in the ATB series in 2017, the Ellis Island coin had its mintage capped at 40,000. Only 35,000 of the first coin of the 2017 series, the Effigy Mound coin were issued. The fifth coin, the George Rogers coin was limited to just 32,400.

The first three coins of the 2018 ATB series, Pictured Rocks, Michigan, Apostle Islands, Wisconsin and the Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota each had mintages of just 30,000 each. The U.S. Mint sold 52,500 of the fourth ATB coin in the 2018 series- the Cumberland Island National Seashore coin.

2017 ATB sales

The 2017 ATB total mintage of 147,400 coins was the third lowest in the series’ eight year history. Only the 2012 (113,800) and 2014 (136,000) mintages were lower.

America the beautiful coin sales 2010 - 2017

Because of their limited mintages and popularity with collectors, ATB coins often trade at substantial premium in the after-market.

BGASC.com sold out quickly of all five coins in the 2017 ATB series and the first four of the 2018 ATB series and unfortunately, can no longer offer those coins.

About The America The Beautiful Coin Series

The America The Beautiful five ounce silver coins were authorized in 2008 under Public Law 110-456. The ATB coins are five ounces of .999 fine silver and are exact replicas of the designs of the America the Beautiful quarters ($.25) minted for general circulation. The ATB five ounce silver coins even have stamped on them “quarter dollar” on the obverse. ATB five ounce coins are the first five ounce silver coins ever produced by the U.S. Mint.

Each year since 2010, the U.S. Mint has produced five different designs of America the Beautiful coins. The reverse of the ATB coins features various depictions of U.S. National Parks or other national sites. The obverse of the ATB coins looks like a U.S. quarter featuring a portrait of George Washington. Indeed, the ATB series includes U.S. quarters intended for general circulation with face values of twenty five cents that are produced in the same design as their five ounce silver commemorative counterparts.

The ATB quarter program is a 12-year initiative that will honor 56 national parks and other national sites by 2020.

Because of their limited mintages, the ATB silver coins often sell out quickly and in later years sell for higher premiums over the value of their silver bullion content.

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