Coin Highlights
- Year: 2010
- Mint Mark: S (San Francisco)
- Grade: Gem Proof
- Composition: 90% Silver, 10% Copper
- Weight: 6.25 grams
- Actual Silver Weight: 0.1808 troy oz
- Diameter: 24.3 mm
- Edge: Reeded
- Mintage: 859,417
Design
Obverse:
John Flanagan’s classic portrait of George Washington, refined by William Cousins, with the inscriptions “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,” “LIBERTY,” “IN GOD WE TRUST,” and “QUARTER DOLLAR.”
Reverse:
The reverse depicts the historic Hot Springs National Park Administration Building with a steaming thermal fountain in the foreground. The design includes the inscriptions “HOT SPRINGS,” “ARKANSAS,” “2010,” and “E PLURIBUS UNUM,” commemorating the park’s famous thermal springs and historic Bathhouse Row.
Collectibility
The 2010-S Hot Springs National Park Silver Proof Quarter was issued only in the 2010 America the Beautiful Quarters Silver Proof Set and the 2010 U.S. Mint Silver Proof Set. With a mintage of 859,417, it is one of the lower-mintage silver proof quarters in the series and marks the beginning of the popular America the Beautiful Quarters Program.
