The United States Mint this week published images of the upcoming clad, silver and pink gold Breast Cancer Awareness Commemorative Coins.
Launching on March 15 at introductory prices ranging from $25.95 to about $430, the commemoratives are minted in collector qualities of proof and uncirculated with each sharing the same Emily Damstra created designs.
Obverses depict a butterfly, an older woman with her hands on her chest and a relieved expression on her face, and a younger woman wearing a scarf on her head with one hand over her chest and her other hand raised in a fist as if she is ready to fight. Reverses show a Tiger Swallowtail butterfly in flight, a symbol of hope.
As mandated by their authorizing law (Public Law 114-148), surcharges of $35 per gold coin, $10 per silver dollar and $5 per clad half-dollar are included in each price. As long as the coins turn a profit, the collected surcharges will be paid to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (www.bcrfcure.org) to further its efforts in breast cancer research.
Below are larger images of the commemorative coins.
$5 Gold Coins
Pink-hued gold coins are a first for the U.S. Mint. They are composed in 85% gold, 14.8% copper, and 0.2% zinc. 50,000 are authorized across all options.
Silver Dollars
Each silver dollar is minted in 90% silver and 10% copper. The silver dollars are limited to a mintage of 400,000.
Clad Half Dollars
Commemorative clad half-dollars are struck in 8.33% nickel with the remaining balance copper. Up to 750,000 may be sold.
Phebe Hemphill sculpted the obverse design while Renata Gordon sculpted the reverse design.
When released, the coins will be available at catalog.usmint.gov.
50,000 – 85% gold fives
400,000 – 90% silver dollars
750,000 – clad half dollars
Apparently the good stuff is readily available among the gummint employees in D.C., because whoever came up with these numbers just has to be smoking it.
spark* it* up*! & pass the good*smoke around my bud*s,smile*
Joe Brown,
Been twenty-nine years, four months and eleven days since my last bud (grown) and my last Bud (brewed), so I will just pass a big smile around instead. 🙂
Old Collector – Stay clean! been free of old friend *Bud*W* & old pal, *Jim*B*, since year which ends in 0*s, clear head of pain of body* that suffers me*. only if then the good*bud is free to me, i*ll just walk in pain with my bumps & brews’s & work my self out, may*b someday body pain*free* i*ll sea! clean-people free of body pain ”bad” idea, very thin line *i walk 1-day-at-a-time, i do my best to read my 12 step 7 walk*it,smile*always a work in progress! that’s not going to change* but for now,smoke free than chew booze… Read more »
Joe Brown,
Clean is the only way I’m keeping my human machine, body and mind. Never had a clearer head in my life than I do now; am able to think thoughts, have illuminations and experience epiphanies the likes of which I never even imagined before.
Namaste
Old Collector – The *master of my mind*, is* clear! and straight forward,since 2000*, but my physical-body-pain-*i-suffer! from body-injury-is-not,badly hurt at work! i* rather, since its legal, but not free, smoke free weed! than chew a pill for physical pain, i* badly suffer from, day in day out! with out a dowout!! i* would do nether, which is! sometime smoke, if its free to me*, the good*bud*weed, than chew the booze of a pain-pill, which is not-good for my system of physical body! I don*t smoke it, for the pains of my*life! there’s no need to smoke the free weed,… Read more »
Joe Brown,
The really big pain is the one in our own head that won’t stop telling us that somehow or other because we’re just not good or capable or smart enough we will forever fark up each and everything we ever touch, whether with our words or hands or intentions. If that persistently debilitating little demon could be silenced….
Namaste
All I see is children commenting on this page. Stay classy.
Brian Miller – Welcome ! i* sea your a day late! And a dollar shot, on this page! Well! Now, i*m also! U!Know, what! i* pretty* much can bet my life on you! that no-one-going to change there *class*ranking* cause >uu*people*for being free!*smile*, & i* thank*god! the $bill$ is paid, so i* can pond on this *peace of crap-machine:! But! Mr. Miller, sent,s its free to speak*here. W*A*M! where was i*, Boy!!! i* lost my*masters*+*mind*, for a moment, so-sorry, are! >uuu<, have power, so! to lose my*masters*+*mind*or*my*mind*!!! *Of,coarse not!, its free press*time! Jump on it! May*just*me! But i*sea!* *I*aboutalways have!… Read more »
no-class!, to comeback, one-night,er, i*ll b waiting! even*outside*my*doors!smile*.