The United States Mint has released the design candidates for this year's upcoming 2015 High Relief Gold Coin and Silver Medal. Today and nextweek, these designs will be reviewed by the Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) and Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) in separately heldmeetings.

Last year, the CCAC had given their enthusiastic support for high relief gold coins and silver medals to be produced by the United States Mint.The new program was viewed as a historic initiative that could potentially fulfill former US Mint Director Edmund Moy's calls for a neo-Renaissancein American coin design.

The obverse design for the coin and medal would contain a modern rendition of Liberty, while the reverse would carry a depiction of an eagle. Thegold coins would be produced under the authority granted to the Secretary of the Treasury under 31 U.S.C. § 5112(i)(4)(C) to mint and issue goldbullion or proof coins with broad discretion over coin specifications, designs, quantities, denominations, and inscriptions. The authority for thesilver medals would come under 31 U.S.C. § 5111(a)(2) which provides the Secretary with broad authority to strike national medals and othermedals.

Some Obverses

Some Reverses

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2015 High Relief Gold Coin and Silver MedalDesign Candidates (http://mintnewsblog.com/2015/01/2015-high-relief-gold-coin-and-silver-medal-design-candidates/)

The Commission of Fine Arts recommended proposed designs for the 2015 High Relief gold $75 coin and companion silver medal at its Jan. 22 meeting.Two obverse designs and two reverse designs were recommended.

Of the two obverses the CFA recommended, one depicts a wreathed bust of Liberty, with the date 2015 and inscriptions LIBERTY and IN GOD WE TRUST.The second obverse depicts Liberty standing, crowned with leaves, holding an American flag on staff in her left hand and a torch in her right.

Of the two reverses that received CFA recommendation, one features an eagle in flight, clutching olive branches, with inscriptions UNITED STATESOF AMERICA and E PLURIBUS UNUM. The denomination is presented as SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS and the weight and fineness as 1 OZ. .9999 FINE GOLD.

The second reverse recommended depicts an eagle perched on a branch ruffling its wings that extend off the edge of the coin design. UNITED STATESOF AMERICA and E PLURIBUS UNUM are inscribed around. The weight in gold and fineness appear in two lines in the field in front of the eagle as 1 OZ..9999 / FINE GOLD. The denomination appears as $75.

The coin designs recommended by the CFA were selected from among 41 proposed obverse and reverse designs. The CFA also reviewed 41 obverse andreverse designs for the silver medal that are the same as those for the gold coin, but without the coin inscriptions (mandated mottoes, date,denomination, weight and fineness).

The same designs are to be reviewed during a two-day session Jan. 27 and 28 in Washington, D.C., by the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee fortheir recommendations. The recommendations from both panels along with those of the Mint will be forwarded to the Treasury Secretary for finalapproval.

To read the complete article, see:
Commission of Fine Arts recommendsdesigns for 2015 High Relief gold coin (www.coinworld.com/news/2015-75-dollar-gold-coin-to-be-high-relief-not-ultra-high-relief.html)