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December 5, 2007
United States Mint Unveils Designs for 2008 American Bald Eagle Recovery and National Emblem Commemorative Coins
Designs Honor Preservation of the Nation’s Emblem of Freedom and Democracy
WASHINGTON - The United States Mint released today the coin designs for the 2008 American Bald Eagle Recovery and National Emblem Commemorative Coin Program. Public Law 108-486, the American Bald Eagle Recovery and National Emblem Commemorative Coin Act, authorizes the United States Mint to mint and issue three commemorative coins in honor of the recovery of the Bald Eagle species, the 35th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and the Bald Eagle's importance as a national symbol.
The United States Mint will mint and issue proof and uncirculated versions of the Bald Eagle Coins in a $5 gold coin, a $1 silver coin, and a half-dollar clad coin. The obverse of the $5 gold coin was designed by Artistic Infusion Program (AIP) Master Designer Susan Gamble and sculpted by United States Mint Medallic Sculptor Phebe Hemphill. The design depicts young eaglets perched on a branch in their natural habitat. The coin's reverse, sculpted by United States Mint Sculptor-Engraver Don Everhart, depicts an image of the current Great Seal of the United States as engraved in 1903.
The obverse of the $1 silver coin, designed by AIP Master Designer Joel Iskowitz and sculpted by United States Mint Sculptor-Engraver Don Everhart, depicts a mature eagle soaring majestically through the sky. The coin's reverse, sculpted by United States Mint Medallic Sculptor Jim Licaretz, is based on a replica of the first Great Seal of the United States used between 1782 and 1841.
The obverse of the half-dollar clad coin, designed by Susan Gamble and executed by United States Mint Medallic Sculptor Joseph Menna, depicts baby eaglets at about two to three days old, settled in a nest with an unhatched egg. AIP Associate Designer Donna Weaver designed the coin's obverse, which features the legendary Bald Eagle "Challenger" with the American flag in the background. The design was executed by United States Mint Sculptor-Engraver Charles Vickers.
Mintage across each product option is limited to 100,000 for the $5 gold coin, 500,000 for the $1 silver coin and 750,000 for the clad half-dollar. Surcharges collected from 2008 American Bald Eagle Commemorative Coin Program sales, expected to begin on January 15, 2008, are authorized to be paid to the American Eagle Foundation of Tennessee to continue its works.
The Bald Eagle, unique to North America, was designated America's national emblem by the Founding Fathers on June 20, 1782, at the Second Continental Congress. Once threatened with possible extinction in the lower 48 states, the Bald Eagle was classified as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. Because of the success of numerous concerted recovery efforts, the Bald Eagle was removed from the Endangered Species List in 2007.
Mint Link
Bald Eagle $5 Gold Coin
Year: 2008
Mintage (max.): 100,000
Public Law: 108-486
Bald Eagle Silver Dollar
Year: 2008
Mintage (max.): 500,000
Public Law: 108-486
Bald Eagle Half-dollar
Year: 2008
Mintage (max.): 750,000
Public Law: 108-486
United States Mint Unveils Designs for 2008 American Bald Eagle Recovery and National Emblem Commemorative Coins
Designs Honor Preservation of the Nation’s Emblem of Freedom and Democracy
WASHINGTON - The United States Mint released today the coin designs for the 2008 American Bald Eagle Recovery and National Emblem Commemorative Coin Program. Public Law 108-486, the American Bald Eagle Recovery and National Emblem Commemorative Coin Act, authorizes the United States Mint to mint and issue three commemorative coins in honor of the recovery of the Bald Eagle species, the 35th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and the Bald Eagle's importance as a national symbol.
The United States Mint will mint and issue proof and uncirculated versions of the Bald Eagle Coins in a $5 gold coin, a $1 silver coin, and a half-dollar clad coin. The obverse of the $5 gold coin was designed by Artistic Infusion Program (AIP) Master Designer Susan Gamble and sculpted by United States Mint Medallic Sculptor Phebe Hemphill. The design depicts young eaglets perched on a branch in their natural habitat. The coin's reverse, sculpted by United States Mint Sculptor-Engraver Don Everhart, depicts an image of the current Great Seal of the United States as engraved in 1903.
The obverse of the $1 silver coin, designed by AIP Master Designer Joel Iskowitz and sculpted by United States Mint Sculptor-Engraver Don Everhart, depicts a mature eagle soaring majestically through the sky. The coin's reverse, sculpted by United States Mint Medallic Sculptor Jim Licaretz, is based on a replica of the first Great Seal of the United States used between 1782 and 1841.
The obverse of the half-dollar clad coin, designed by Susan Gamble and executed by United States Mint Medallic Sculptor Joseph Menna, depicts baby eaglets at about two to three days old, settled in a nest with an unhatched egg. AIP Associate Designer Donna Weaver designed the coin's obverse, which features the legendary Bald Eagle "Challenger" with the American flag in the background. The design was executed by United States Mint Sculptor-Engraver Charles Vickers.
Mintage across each product option is limited to 100,000 for the $5 gold coin, 500,000 for the $1 silver coin and 750,000 for the clad half-dollar. Surcharges collected from 2008 American Bald Eagle Commemorative Coin Program sales, expected to begin on January 15, 2008, are authorized to be paid to the American Eagle Foundation of Tennessee to continue its works.
The Bald Eagle, unique to North America, was designated America's national emblem by the Founding Fathers on June 20, 1782, at the Second Continental Congress. Once threatened with possible extinction in the lower 48 states, the Bald Eagle was classified as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. Because of the success of numerous concerted recovery efforts, the Bald Eagle was removed from the Endangered Species List in 2007.
Mint Link
Bald Eagle $5 Gold Coin
Year: 2008
Mintage (max.): 100,000
Public Law: 108-486
Bald Eagle Silver Dollar
Year: 2008
Mintage (max.): 500,000
Public Law: 108-486
Bald Eagle Half-dollar
Year: 2008
Mintage (max.): 750,000
Public Law: 108-486
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ex. 2 or 3 of the Proofs
ex. 2 or 3 of the Uncs.
some other combo??
2 $5 pieces
Uncirculated only.
Class of 1999
Hoard the keys.
Class of 1999
<< <i>No silver eagle collection will be complete without this Mint offering! Very nicely done!
Will the silver dollar also spot up like the ASE's?
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<< <i>No silver eagle collection will be complete without this Mint offering! Very nicely done!
Will the silver dollar also spot up like the ASE's? >>
No, because it will contain 10% copper.
The commemoratives do not seem to acquire milk spots like the ASE's!!!
edited to add: The $1 coins
<< <i>Has anyone found actual true photos of these products - on the mint website yet? I don't even see that they have it in the list of the upcoming products for 2008 - Why are they so SLOW? Sale starts in only 4-5 days - or am I just missing it. (probably?) >>
That's your United States Mint in action....government sales don't need no stinking pictures!!
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<< <i>Has anyone found actual true photos of these products - on the mint website yet? I don't even see that they have it in the list of the upcoming products for 2008 - Why are they so SLOW? Sale starts in only 4-5 days - or am I just missing it. (probably?) >>
That's your United States Mint in action....government sales don't need no stinking pictures!!
Good thing they don't sell on e-bay yet.
...some more voting please
<< <i>now that we have real pics...
...some more voting please >>
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<< <i>now that we have real pics...
...some more voting please >>
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Earlier Thread
So here's the clad half dollar photos...barf. The reverse with Challenger the eagle looks particularly goofy. If I might reiterate my previous comments about the half dollar design (my comments in double quotation marks):
"Anyone with knowledge of the breeding biology of Bald Eagles will wince when they see the image of the obverse on the (clad!) half dollar. It depicts two fuzzy little chicks in a nest with an egg in the foreground. Nice to think about the smaller chick (or chicks) being pecked to death by its broodmates and pushed out of the nest. Usually the third chick just flat out starves."
<< <i>Birds of North America Online:
Hatching asynchrony and differential growth leads to differential mass in siblings, facilitating competition and fratricide (Bortolotti 1986a). Sibling competition and mortality is greatest early in nestling period, when size differences are greatest (Bortolotti 1986a). Third-hatched chicks in Saskatchewan nests received little food and usually starved. In 1 nest, mass of 9-d-old, 8-d-old, and 6-d-old siblings were 477, 260, and 80 g, respectively (Gerrard and Bortolotti 1988). >>
"Also, the presence of these poor chicks, alone in the nest, is alarming. Where's the mother bird? They're incapable of thermoregulating at this age, so if Mom's away, they'll likely die of exposure soon. She's normally on the nest nearly constantly for the first month."
<< <i>Birds of North America Online:
Adult (usually female) broods constantly during inclement and otherwise cool weather until about 4 wk of age (Stalmaster 1987, Gerrard and Bortolotti 1988). In Minnesota, during 4 d of observation, young were brooded, on average, 85% of daylight period during first week after hatching, with female brooding 65% of time and male 35% of the time (Fraser 1981). >>
Here are the dollars (uncirculated and proof). At $40 for the proof dollar, I'll probably be passing. The chicken-eagle on the reverse looks really bad next to the more life-like eagle on the obverse.
Finally the gold...The reverse looks like the recycled it off of the Kennedy half dollar. These photos don't show the coin especially well, but they don't look particularly nice to me.
Bottom line for me (a birder) - these coins aren't going to make it into my collection unless the photos from you guys of the coins in-hand look substantially better. Two talons down. There are too many other more attractive coins that I'd rather spend my money on.
I like the old time reverse on these coins, but it is the obverse which I think shines.....
I will purchase the two dollar coins at least and potentially the halves.....
<< <i>I really like the Silver Dollar Coins.....
I like the old time reverse on these coins, but it is the obverse which I think shines.....
I will purchase the two dollar coins at least and potentially the halves..... >>
Ditto, I am in for 2 Dollar proofs...I might wait on the halves.
I think the clad and the gold will look cool. The silver doesn't impress me at this time.
I think I am buying the 3 proof set for sure!
Anyone else????
I hope these updated Mint pics help in your buying decisions tomorrow!!!!!!!!
If you haven't voted, please do so.
If you are buying the 3 coin proof set, please comment!!!
<< <i>Sorry, I left the 3 coin proof set out of the poll till now.
If you haven't voted, please do so.
If you are buying the 3 coin proof set, please comment!!! >>
If I got this wrong let me know, however, the 3 coin set does not have a pre order price like the dollar or half, OR is it that they give you the preorder price in the set?
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<< <i>Sorry, I left the 3 coin proof set out of the poll till now.
If you haven't voted, please do so.
If you are buying the 3 coin proof set, please comment!!! >>
If I got this wrong let me know, however, the 3 coin set does not have a pre order price like the dollar or half, OR is it that they give you the preorder price in the set? >>
You are correct...no pre-order price on the set.
You're paying for the 25k limited edition.
Also is that 1/4 of gold in the $5 gold proof?
I like my American Eagles to look more intimidating and fierce. Hunting with talons extended is what I envisioned, or snatching a fish from glassy surfaced lake…. not twiggy nest scenes… the egg & chicks is awful… the adults on branch not much better... ...too busy
I’ll get some Dollars even though I voted “No Bald Eagles for me” and find the featherless naked legged eagle reverse disturbing. Got Mange?
The Dollar obverse with the $5 reverse I would’ve liked.
The reverse of the half would have made a nice obverse.
<< <i>Which coin will be the sleeper?????
My bet is the $5 UNC since it's not in the 3 piece set.
I think alot of the $5 UNC will get "gone" pretty quick with the 100 pc limit.............T.V. guys/ Flippers......