2005-dated Golden Dollars and Kennedy Half-Dollars Available January 24
In Rolls and Bags at www.usmint.gov
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January 7, 2005, WASHINGTON – The United States Mint today announced that
2005-dated Golden Dollars and Kennedy half-dollars will be available in
rolls and bags at www.usmint.gov
beginning at noon on January 24, 2005 (ET).
In response to customer demand that the United States Mint make many of
its 2005 products available earlier in the year, 2005 Golden Dollars are
going on sale approximately three months earlier than the 2004 products.
Also in response to demand, the Golden Dollars are available in smaller
bag counts of 250-coins; the 2,000-coin bags have been discontinued.
Customers can purchase Golden Dollars in 25-coin rolls for $35.50 and in
250-coin bags for $347.00. The rolls and bags bear either the United States
Mint at Philadelphia mint mark “P” or the United States Mint at Denver mint
mark “D.”
American sculptor Glenna Goodacre designed the obverse of the Golden
Dollar coin, which features the likeness of Sacagawea, the young Shoshone
woman who assisted Lewis and Clark on their exploration of the Louisiana
Purchase almost 200 years ago. The reverse design of the coin, by United
States Mint sculptor/engraver Thomas D. Rogers, Sr., features a soaring bald
eagle and 17 stars, one for each of the states at the time of the Lewis and
Clark expedition.
The 2005-dated Kennedy half-dollars will be available in two-roll sets
(20 coins per roll) for $35.50, including one United States Mint at
Philadelphia and one United States Mint at Denver mint mark coin roll. They
are also available in bags of 200 that include an equal number of
half-dollars with P and D mint marks, for $135.00.
The obverse design of the half-dollar features a portrait of President
John F. Kennedy by Gilroy Roberts, the Chief Engraver of the United States
Mint in 1963. The reverse design, by Frank Gasparro, the United States
Mint’s next Chief Engraver, depicts the presidential coat of arms.
Both the Golden Dollar and the Kennedy half-dollar are circulating
quality, struck on our main production floors at the United States Mint
facilities at Philadelphia and Denver.
Customers can purchase the 2005-dated Golden Dollar and Kennedy
half-dollar rolls and bags by visiting the United States Mint’s secure
website at www.usmint.gov, or by calling 1-800-USA-MINT (872-6468). Hearing-
and speech-impaired customers may order by calling 1-888-321-MINT (6468).
Please allow approximately two to three weeks for delivery. There is no
order limit on these products.
Contact: Press inquiries: Michael White (202) 354-7222
Customer Service information: (800) USA MINT (872-6468)
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