2014 National Baseball Hall of Fame Coins Debut

Launched today, March 27 at noon ET, are the first curved coins ever issued by the United States Mint. Highly anticipated and available at an introductory price is the 2014 National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin in denominations of $5 gold, $1 silver and covered 50c.

Celebrating the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s 75th or diamond anniversary, each curved coin is available in non-cyclical and digital proof quality for a total of six product options.

Note: This coin news article includes design details, pricing, US Mint ordering options, and some images of the coin. An article published two weeks ago provides many other coin images that may further help with the buying decision.

Baseball coin design and curved shape

The obverse or obverse of the commemorative coin depicts Cassie McFarland’s winning baseball glove design with the National Baseball Hall of Fame Joe Morgan, Brooks Robinson, Ozzie Smith, Don Sutton and Dave Winfield among the directors. survey.

Her performance inspired a much-loved and heavily used household glove that competed with 177 other designs in a public contest as required by law. Inscriptions on the inside of the gloves read: LIBERTY, IN GOD WE TRUST and year of issue, 2014. The design of the gloves also highlights the intelligibility of the coin.

The obverse or tails of each coin is Don Everhart’s depiction of a baseball. The reverse has a convex shape and includes the US inscriptions, E PLURIBUS UNUM and FIVE DOLLARS, ONE DOLLAR or HALF DOLLAR.

Everhart sculpted his and McFarland’s designs so they could be scanned and cut into metal shafts and then die. These molds are placed inside molding presses at the US Mints in Philadelphia, West Point, Denver and San Francisco so they can hit metal discs called planchets and create baseball memorabilia.

National Baseball Hall of Fame commemorative coin price

Mintages, introductory and regular prices for the six coins are:

	Mintages	Introductory price	Regular price
Proof of 50c with half a dollar	750,000 won	$19.95	$23.95
50c non-cyclical half-dollar case		$18.95	$22.95
Silver Dollar Proof	400,000 won	$51.95	$56.95
Silver dollar is not cyclical		$47.95	$52.95
Proof $5 gold coins	50,000 won	$424.75	$429.75
Uncirculated $5 Gold Coin		$419.75	$424.75

Mining facilities listed are the maximum number of curved coins that can be produced. Commemorative coin laws tend to be very generous with these totals. In fact, the US Mint will only produce enough coins to meet demand and only sell them through 2014.

Also, the price is unchanged for silver coins and coated coins but it can change every Wednesday for two gold coins. Current prices based on a weekly average of the London gold fixation range between $1,350.00 and $1,399.99 an ounce. Every $50 movement outside of that range, up or down, will result in a $12.15 correction in the price of the gold coin.

The introductory price ends on April 28, 2014 at 5 p.m. ET, when the regular price goes into effect. Buyers will then have to pay an additional $4 for each coated half-dollar and an additional $5 for each silver and gold coin.

Finally, the price includes a surcharge of $35 per gold coin, $10 per silver dollar, and $5 per half dollar. This money is paid to the National Baseball Hall of Fame to help fund its activities.

Online ordering, limits and lounges

Upon release at noon ET, any or all 2014 National Baseball Hall of Fame Coins can be ordered from the US Mint online store.

US Mint page to order commemorative

Additionally, orders are accepted at 1-800-USA-MINT (872-6468), while deaf and hard of hearing customers with TTY devices can order at 1-888-321- MINT.

In addition to the editing limits discussed earlier, the US Mint has also implemented household order limits of:

• 50 for each $5 gold coin,
• 100 for every silver dollar, and
• 100 for every half dollar covered

These amounts are subject to change at a later date.

“These coins celebrate important aspects of American history and culture, so we wanted to make sure the maximum number of customers had the opportunity to purchase this coin,” said Deputy Director of the United States Mint. , said Dick Peterson. “We will evaluate these order limits on a regular basis and adjust or remove them accordingly,” added Peterson.

Due to the large expected demand, the US Mint will also enable “Online Lounges”. Mint offers these reminders about its lounge feature.

• Customers can enter the waiting room to ‘line up’ to the website and make a purchase, the lounge will let customers know how long they have to wait before entering the catalog website.

• While in the waiting room, they can open other tabs in their browser or another browser window to access other websites.

• Customers will also have the option to leave and come back later to shop when there is little traffic on the site.

• They will be notified that they will lose their queue position if they close the lounge browser window to leave the lounge.

Coin Specifications and Composition

Design requirements, coin denominations, key specifications, and quantities that can be generated are all outlined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coins Act, Public Law 112-152, issued on August 3, 2012. The following tables provide detailed key specifications for each coin.

As the tables show, each commemorative coin has a different dome height – 0.150 inches (3.81 mm) for 1 silver dollar, 0.085 inches (2,159 mm) for the $5 gold coin, and 0.058 inches (1 gold coin). ,4732 mm) for 50c copper.

These heights come from trial and error. Easiest for higher-domed silver dollars because they have a larger diameter and more metal to flow and fill the designs during the highlighting process. The half dollar coin is the hardest. Size, components and die life all contribute to the final dome’s height specifications.