America the Beautiful five-ounce silver Uncirculated coin honoring the National Park of American Samoa on sale February 6

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Washington — The United States Mint (Mint) will begin accepting orders for the 2020 America the Beautiful five-ounce silver Uncirculated coin honoring the National Park of American Samoa (product code 20AJ) on February 6 at noon EST. Production of this coin is capped at 20,000 units. There is no household order limit. The coin is priced at $178.25.

The reverse (tails) of the coin depicts a Samoan fruit bat mother hanging in a tree with her pup, evoking the remarkable care and energy that this species puts into its offspring. The design is intended to promote awareness of the species’ threatened status due to habitat loss and commercial hunting. The National Park of American Samoa is the only park in the national park system that is home to the Samoan fruit bat. Inscriptions are NATIONAL PARK, AMERICAN SAMOA, 2020, and E PLURIBUS UNUM.

The obverse (heads) features a 1932 restored portrait of George Washington.

Each coin is encapsulated and comes with a certificate of authenticity.

The Mint accepts orders online and at 1-800-USA-MINT (872-6468). Hearing- and speech-impaired customers with TTY equipment may order by calling 1-888-321-MINT (6468). Information on shipping options is available at the Mint’s website.

The America the Beautiful five-ounce silver Uncirculated coins are also available for purchase through the Mint’s Product Enrollment Program. To learn more, visit us online for details.

Like many United States Mint products, this coin will also be available at the Mint’s sales centers in Washington, D.C.; Philadelphia; and Denver. Availability may be limited and subject to change.

About the United States Mint

Congress created the United States Mint in 1792, and the Mint became part of the Department of the Treasury in 1873. As the Nation’s sole manufacturer of legal tender coinage, the Mint is responsible for producing circulating coinage for the Nation to conduct its trade and commerce. The Mint also produces numismatic products, including Proof, Uncirculated, and commemorative coins; Congressional Gold Medals; silver and bronze medals; and silver and gold bullion coins. Its numismatic programs are self-sustaining and operate at no cost to taxpayers.

Note: To ensure that all members of the public have fair and equal access to United States Mint products, the United States Mint will not accept and will not honor orders placed prior to the official on-sale date of February 6, 2020, at noon EST.

Press release courtesy of the United States Mint.

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Comments

  1. KEITHSTER says

    Don’t like the price but will have to get one for the collection ! And with a face only a mother could love? I must be bat _hit crazy but what you going to do? Good Luck All”>|>”> 0

  2. cagcrisp says

    “ When will they ever learn?
    When will they ever learn?”

    2019 Enhanced Reverse Proof American Silver Eagles…

    Next stop is $750.00 for OGP
    Next stop is $1,250.00 for graded 70s…

  3. John Q. Coinage says

    At almost 2x the bullion I would pass this all the way & buy the Bullion not the BS. As I have said before there is a very weak market for the P ATB$ check out eBay $#.

  4. just another dave in pa says

    From bats (the only flying mammals) to butterflies (flying insects) I’m glad this is almost over.

    The butterfly coin is a favorite and arguably one of the best designs in the series for its simplicity.

  5. cagcrisp says

    Eventually It’s Going to Happen…

    I’ve Wanted Libra, however, a FED digital currency works for me Just as Well…

    From Reuters…

    PALO ALTO, Calif. (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve is looking at a broad range of issues around regulations and protections for digital payments and currencies, including the costs and potential benefits of issuing its own digital currency, Governor Lael Brainard said on Wednesday.

    “By transforming payments, digitalization has the potential to deliver greater value and convenience at lower cost,” Brainard said in remarks prepared for delivery at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. The speech did not touch on interest rates or the current economic outlook.

    “But there are risks,” Brainard said, in a partial reprisal of her own and other global central bankers’ worries about the rise of private digital payment systems and currencies, including Facebook’s Libra digital currency project. “Some of the new players are outside the financial system’s regulatory guardrails, and their new currencies could pose challenges in areas such as illicit finance, privacy, financial stability, and monetary policy transmission.”

    Central banks globally are debating how to manage digital finance technology and the distributed ledger systems used by bitcoin, which promises near-instantaneous payment at potentially low cost. The Fed is developing its own round-the-clock real-time payments and settlement service, and is currently reviewing 200 comment letters submitted about the project, she said.

    The Fed is also, she said, “conducting research and experimentation related to distributed ledger technologies and their potential use case for digital currencies, including the potential for a CBDC (central bank digital currency).”

    Dozens of central banks globally are also doing such work, a recent international study showed, with China moving ahead on its plans to issue a digital coin.

    In the U.S., Brainard said, issues that need study include whether a digital currency would make the payments system safer or simpler, and whether it could pose financial stability risks, including the possibility of bank runs if money can be turned “with a single swipe” into the central bank’s digital currency. Other issues that would need consideration include privacy and fraud protection, and even whether the coin would be considered legal tender.

    “In the United States no less than in other major economies, the public sector needs to engage actively with the private sector and the research community to consider whether new guardrails need to be established, whether existing regulatory perimeters need to be redrawn, and whether a CBDC would deliver important benefits on net,” she said.

  6. cagcrisp says

    Federal Digital Currency = The United States Mint doesn’t care how many customers it has because at that point …

    …It Don’t Matter…

  7. just another dave in pa says

    I have thought for quite some time that the reason for horrid designs is that no one cares about coins anymore. Certainly, the US Mint doesn’t care because it’s almost over for minting coins due to digital “innovations”.

    Hence, medals………….

    I wonder how the digital currencies will affect seigniorage?

  8. John Q. Coinage says

    I would trust my digital currency as much as a pig in a poke as me gran pappy used to say. BEtween hacking, mining, instability & complete control & monitoring of YOUR finances (with a FED digital) I don’t care if the bank get;s their $ on a Monday or Tuesday. As to the mint, they have made such awful fuguly designs, they need to be tipped by Bitcoin & Australian Mint promoters …..Citizens Advisory Board as much as it does has contributed to the decline of designs & a dumbing down of coin collecting/designs. The Sec. of Treasury is too busy smirking to care about the mint or collectros even if some are his 1% base……

  9. MarkInFlorida says

    $178.25 (WTF with the 25¢???) is a rip-off for 5 ounces of silver, but I have all the other P pucks, so I’ll complete the set and I’m then done with the Mint except for bullion. Proof gold and platinum is now overpriced.

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