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12-14-2011, 09:40 AM
United States Mint Announces Designs for the 2012 Star-Spangled Banner Commemorative Coins
12-13-2011 10:00 PM
http://www.usmint.gov/images/pressroom/mintlogosmall1.jpg WASHINGTON - The United States Mint today announced the designs for the Star-Spangled Banner Commemorative Coins, scheduled for release in 2012. The Star-Spangled Banner Commemorative Coin Act (Act) (Public Law 111-232) authorizes the bureau to mint and issue up to 100,000 gold $5 coins and 500,000 silver $1 coins to commemorate the bicentennial of the writing of our national anthem. The coins will be available in proof and uncirculated qualities. The Act requires that the coins' designs be emblematic of the War of 1812, particularly the Battle of Baltimore that formed the basis for the lyrics of "The Star-Spangled Banner."
More... ( http://www.usmint.gov/pressroom/?action=press_release&id=1315 )
12-13-2011 10:00 PM
http://www.usmint.gov/images/pressroom/mintlogosmall1.jpg WASHINGTON - The United States Mint today announced the designs for the Star-Spangled Banner Commemorative Coins, scheduled for release in 2012. The Star-Spangled Banner Commemorative Coin Act (Act) (Public Law 111-232) authorizes the bureau to mint and issue up to 100,000 gold $5 coins and 500,000 silver $1 coins to commemorate the bicentennial of the writing of our national anthem. The coins will be available in proof and uncirculated qualities. The Act requires that the coins' designs be emblematic of the War of 1812, particularly the Battle of Baltimore that formed the basis for the lyrics of "The Star-Spangled Banner."
More... ( http://www.usmint.gov/pressroom/?action=press_release&id=1315 )