5-oz Silver Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

2020’s Final America the Beautiful Coin Honors the Tallgrass Prairie of Kansas The U.S. Mint’s celebrated America the Beautiful Quarters® series continues its epic run in 2020 with the release of the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve Quarter struck as a gigantic coin in five ounces of highly pure 99.9% silver! Measuring an incredible 76.2 mm in diameter, this coin is nearly twice the size of an American Silver Eagle! The America the Beautiful series has proven extremely popular since it began back in 2010. For those who have been collecting from the start, each release has provided a new and exciting way to discover and appreciate all that America has to offer. The Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in Kansas is a perfect example of a coin that presents collectors with a scene of America’s beauty that would likely be overlooked otherwise. It features one of the Tallgrass Prairie’s most recognizable inhabitants, a Regal Fritillary butterfly. The little fellow is depicted against a backdrop of Big Bluestem and Indian grasses, representative of the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve. This is the fifth and last America the Beautiful coin of 2020 with the 56th and final coin set for release in 2021.