2011-P Gettysburg 5 Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin Available

2011-P Gettysburg 5 Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin Available

The United States Mint made the 2011-P Gettysburg National Military Park 5 Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin available today, September 22, 2011, at Noon (Eastern Time) for $279.95.

Gettysburg uncirculated coins have a maximum mintage of 35,000, but the Mint is limiting orders to five per household. Both caps are higher than the 2010-dated designs that represent the inaugural year strikes.

These coins have three inch diameters and are composed of five ounces of .999 fine silver. They feature a reverse design of one of the 1,328 monuments, markers and memorials at Gettysburg National Military Park found in the state of Pennsylvania.

The "P" in the coin’s title indicates production at the United States Mint facility in Philadelphia, and the "P" mintmark is prominent on each coin’s obverse. Only the five ounce uncirculated coins feature the mintmark. Bullion examples do not have one.

The America the Beautiful 5 Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin series is struck for collectors and are based on the America the Beautiful Silver Bullion Coin™ Program which features similar specifications but are struck for investors. Together, these two programs take their designs from yet a third series of coins from the United States Mint, the circulating America the Beautiful Quarters®.

As such, the obverse of each coin features the image of George Washington. This portrait was originally completed by John Flanagan for the 1932 circulating quarter dollar and has remained as the design since. In the America the Beautiful Quarters series, the Mint digitally restored the image to bring out subtle details and the beauty of the original model.

The reverse of the coins in the programs are emblematic of selected sites of interest from around the United States and its territories. In the instance of this specific uncirculated coin, the reverse honors Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania. It was designed by Joel Iskowitz and sculpted by Phebe Hemphill, and it depicts the 72nd Pennsylvania Infantry Monument, found inside the park at Cemetery Ridge.

The 2011-P Gettysburg National Military Park 5 Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin will be encapsulated in a plastic holder protecting its finish and will ship with a black outer box and a certificate of authenticity. Following the first week of sales, the United States Mint will evaluate the household order limit of five coins and either remove, extend or adjust it.

Customers interested in ordering the new strikes may do so online at the United States Mint’s website, http://www.usmint.gov/catalog, or by calling their toll free number 1-800-USA-MINT (872-6468).

It is the Mint’s intention to launch the remaining four 2011 America the Beautiful 5 Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coins in sequenced intervals. It is not known yet if future launches will have the same mintage, or if they will have similar order limits. Upcoming 2011-dated uncirculated coins will honor Glacier National Park, Olympic National Park, Vicksburg National Military Park and Chickasaw National Recreation Area.

In the previous launches for the 2010 America the Beautiful 5 Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coins, the United States Mint restricted initial orders to just one per household and did not lift it for several weeks on the third through fifth strikes. Only 27,000 of each design were produced.

The first release in the series, the 2010-P Hot Springs uncirculated coin, debuted back in April of 2011. It sold out within two weeks. It was followed by the 2010-P Yellowstone uncirculated coin which repeated the quick sell-out. The 2010-P Yosemite uncirculated coin took a bit longer, more than six weeks. But its sell out was prematurely called, which likely hurt it sales for a time. The 2010-P Grand Canyon uncirculated coin took approximately seven and a half weeks. The 2010-P Mount Hood uncirculated coins are still for sale, but as Monday, September 19, only 5,128 remained available.