2009 UHR Legislation - Collector's version?
SilverEagles92
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The bill, H.R. 5614 passed the House on May 15, 2008 with a 415-0 vote. It was received by the Senate on May 19 and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Chris Dodd is the chair, Richard Shelby is the ranking member). The bill has not made it to the committee's calendar. The past few weeks have been taken up by the housing bill that recently passed (the one that includes the collection of your credit card information).
According to H.R. 5614, the coin will be struck in one ounce of .995 pure palladium, except for the first year which the Mint can strike the coin in gold. No fractional issues allowed. The Mint will strike the 2009 coins in 24-karat (.999 fine) gold. Subsequently, all versions starting in 2010 will be struck in palladium.
Bullion coins can be struck at any mint other than West Point. The Secretary of the Treasury (as represented by the Director of the US Mint) will set the striking limits for bullion coins.
Collector version must be minted at West Point. The bill limits the collector's version to 15,000 coins. Interestingly, the collector's version will "bear a single finish that most closely approximate the finish of the original gold 1907 ultra-high relief gold piece as is practicable." In other words, the .005 filler of the palladium will make the coin look like gold (maybe manganese and copper?).
Any idea what the "single finish that most closely approximate the finish of the original gold 1907 ultra-high relief gold piece as is practicable" will be? Roman finish? Something else?
According to H.R. 5614, the coin will be struck in one ounce of .995 pure palladium, except for the first year which the Mint can strike the coin in gold. No fractional issues allowed. The Mint will strike the 2009 coins in 24-karat (.999 fine) gold. Subsequently, all versions starting in 2010 will be struck in palladium.
Bullion coins can be struck at any mint other than West Point. The Secretary of the Treasury (as represented by the Director of the US Mint) will set the striking limits for bullion coins.
Collector version must be minted at West Point. The bill limits the collector's version to 15,000 coins. Interestingly, the collector's version will "bear a single finish that most closely approximate the finish of the original gold 1907 ultra-high relief gold piece as is practicable." In other words, the .005 filler of the palladium will make the coin look like gold (maybe manganese and copper?).
Any idea what the "single finish that most closely approximate the finish of the original gold 1907 ultra-high relief gold piece as is practicable" will be? Roman finish? Something else?
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