The coins will be available at banks, retail stores and coin shops. The uncirculated set will be $217 through July and $240 after Aug. The two-coin proof set will cost $220 in July and $250 afterward. 1, the prices will be $28 for the silver proof, $26 for the silver uncirculated. Through July, the silver proof coin sells for $24, the silver uncirculated for $22.50. TO COMMEMORATE THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LEWIS AND CLARK expedition, the US Mint produced a number of new coins: four new versions of the nickel. It depicts a pen quill across a sheaf of parchments that reads ″We the People,″ and on the reverse about a dozen people who represent the cultural and social spectrum America has embraced in two centuries. The silver dollar, which weighs about 0.8594 troy ounces and is composed of 90 percent silver and 10 percent copper, was designed by Patricia Verani. Currency: United States - So-called Dollars: Composition: Gold (. The uncirculated coin will sell for $195 this month and $215 after Aug. The reverse of the coin features a portrait of several human figures in diverse garb, representing the wide cultural and social spectrum America has embraced. Detailed information about the coin Medal, 200th Anniversary, Cradle of the Union, United States, with pictures and collection and swap management: mintage, descriptions, metal, weight, size, value and other numismatic data. The gold proof coin retails at $200 through July and $225 after Aug. The reverse bears the constitutional introduction, ″We the People.″ Designed by sculptor Marcel Jovine, the front displays a flying eagle with a pen quill in its talons. The gold coin weighs about 0.2687 troy ounces and is composed of 90 percent gold, 3.6 percent silver and the balance copper. ″You see, even in those early days, our founding fathers knew that to be a genuine nation, you had to have a genuine currency - a coin of the republic, so to speak - and they first minted that coin in Philadelphia,′ ′ Baker said.Ĭongress authorized production of one million gold coins with a face value of $5 and 10 million silver dollars in October. ″The coins I strike are a powerful reminder of our constitutional heritage, of the spirit and practice of democracy,″ Baker said.īaker noted that the Philadelphia mint was the first building constructed by the fledgling American government after the Constitution became law. The ceremony was held jointly with We the People 200 Inc., the group sponsoring the bicentennial celebration of the document drafted during the summer of 1787. The silver coin was struck simultaneously at the San Francisco mint, while the gold coin, through a computer connection, was struck at the mint in West Point, N.Y., 130 miles away. The reverse features a bust of James Hoban, the original architect of the White House, and the main entrance that he designed.PHILADELPHIA (AP) _ Treasury Secretary James Baker III on Wednesday struck new gold and silver coins commemorating the 200th anniversary of the U.S. The obverse design of the coin features the north portico of the White House. Commemorative coins are only available from the United States Mint for a limited time, as specified by public law. Surcharges from the sales of these coins help fund a variety of organizations and projects that benefit the public. Surcharges collected from coin sales were to be used to raise an endowment to be a permanent source of support for the White House Collection of fine art and historic furnishings and for the maintenance of the historic public rooms of the White House.Ĭommemorative coin programs are created by acts of Congress to honor a person, place, or event.
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