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The The Perth Mint has issued the first Australian ANZAC $1 coin from a new annual program honouring all men and women who have served their country since the Gallipoli campaign of 1915.

The 2009 design symbolizes the importance of remembering the sacrifices of Australian diggers and the preservation of their memories by each succeeding generation with a depiction of a former serviceman and a young child. The coin also shows the image of a silhouetted bugler, the words ‘Lest We Forget’ and the date of ANZAC Day – April25 – on which the lives of all Australians lost in war time are remembered.

The coin’s obverse portrays the Ian Rank-Broadley effigy of Her Majesty Queen
Elizabeth II. Along with the words “Elizabeth II * Australia 2009 * 1 Dollar”

Perth Mint Chief Executive Officer Ed Harbuz said that there was significant interest in previous coins commemorating Australia’s servicemen and women. Major Perth Mint releases in recent years include the limited Australians at War Coin & Medallion Tribute Set, the 90th Anniversary of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps Series, and the Australian SAS 50th anniversary silver coin.

“Like our previous releases, the 2009 ANZAC $1 coin expresses the extraordinary pride that Australians have in their defence forces,” Mr Harbuz said. “With an unrestricted mintage, the new coin provides as many people as possible with the opportunity to acquire an official Australian numismatic tribute.”

This coin is the first in a new annual series that will continue with a new design released each year for the ANZAC day celebrations. The first release is housed in an illustrated presentation card featuring a fold-out stand for upright display. The card depicts a proud young Australian honouring the service of a relative by wearing his medals on the right breast.

The coin bears the ‘P’ mintmark and is a legal tender issue one dollar coin. The coin is weighted at 13.8 grams measures 30.2 mm and is 3.1 mm thick.

For better sesolution Images of this coin go to the WNN media library

All images provided courtesy of the The Perth Mint, Australia

Thursday February the 12th marks the 200 th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States. To mark the occasion the U.S. Mint is releasing a special commemorative silver dollar coin.

The coin was designed as part of the Lincoln bi-centennial celebrations, and a portion of the revenues raised from the sales of these coins are to be paid to the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission to “further its work in planning the celebration of Lincoln’s bicentennial and the continued study of his life.”

The obverse features the bust of president Lincoln the design of which was inspired by the Daniel Chester French sculpture of the President that sits inside the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. along with the words “Liberty” and “In God We Trust” with the date 2009. The reverse bears the last 43 words of Lincolns most famous speech, the Gettysburg Address, contained in a within a laurel wreath:

“WE HERE HIGHLY RESOLVE THAT THESE DEAD SHALL NOT HAVE DIED IN VAIN - THAT THIS NATION, UNDER GOD, SHALL HAVE A NEW BIRTH OF FREEDOM - AND THAT GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE, SHALL NOT PERISH FROM THE EARTH. “

A banner below the inscription contains Lincoln’s signature flanked by the words “ONE DOLLAR” and “E PLURIBUS UNUM”. The words “United States of America” round off the design. It appears the coin will have a milled edge.

Mintage figures have been set at a total of 500 000 across all grades, although 50 000 proof coins will be held in reserve to compile a special collectors set containing the Proof Silver dollar as well as all four pennies(1c) coins to be released later this year. In order to assure that the coin can remain available for everyone a household limit of 100 coins has been placed on all orders. A special introductory period will run until 5:00 pm (ET) on 16th of March 2009 where the coin will be on offer at a reduced price. The prices are thus as follows :

The 2009 Abraham Lincoln commemorative Silver Dollar coin will go on sale from February 12, 2009 at 12:00 noon (ET).  The product page for the U.S. Mint’s website can be found here for the Proof version :

http://catalog.usmint.gov/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10001&storeId=10001&productId=14732&langId=-1

and for the Uncirculated coin here :

http://catalog.usmint.gov/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10001&storeId=10001&productId=14733&langId=-1

Interestingly the first of the Lincoln penny coins, the Log Cabin design, was due to be released into circulation on the same day however little has been mentioned of them yet. The U.S. Mint will be launching the new cent at a function at Hodgenville, Kentucky on the 12th of this month but other than that little is known about the planned release of this anticipated coin.

For more images of the 2009 Lincoln coins go to the WNN Image library

On January 15 2009 at 12 :00 Noon(ET) the U.S. Mint will make available the 2009 Native American Dollar rolls.

The theme for the 2009 Native American Dollar is agriculture, the coins celebrate the important contributions made by Indian tribes and individual Native Americans to the history and development of the United States. The design features a Native American woman planting seeds in a field of corn, beans and squash. The obverse design remains the same as the Sacagawea dollars, used since 2000.

The coin acknowledges the contribution made by native Americans in the field of agriculture in the early history of the United States. It is widely accepted that without the sharing of this knowledge many of the early settlers would not have survived the untamed wilds of the American frontier. The agricultural techniques practiced by the Native American tribes included crop rotation, round cropping, hybridizations, seed development, advanced irrigation and the so called “three sisters” technique whereby corn, climbing beans and squash are planted together in the same plot.

This is the first coin in the series, that is set to run until 2016. The series will chronicle a time line of events and important contributions made by Native American tribes and individuals.

Each roll contain 25 identical coins wrapped in distinctive yellow paper with black trim and lettering. Coins are business strike(circulation quality) uncirculated and are minted at the Denver and Philadelphia mints - thus featuring the ‘D’ and ‘P’ mintmarks. The United States Mint will accept and fulfill orders beginning January 15, 2009.