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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;V. Kurt Bellman, post: 2559077, member: 71723&quot;]From the Mint&#039;s web page for the Standing Lib gold coin:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;Introducing the 2016 Standing Liberty Quarter Centennial Gold Coin! This gold coin is an event that’s been 100 years in the making.</p><p><br /></p><p>Beautifully struck in .9999 fine, 24–karat gold, this gold 2016 centennial anniversary release <b><i>celebrates</i></b> Hermon A. MacNeil’s original “Standing Liberty” quarter design. Each gold coin contains one–quarter troy ounce of 24–karat gold, symbolic of the coin’s denomination, and has a business strike finish.</p><p>The obverse (heads) features Liberty holding a shield and olive branch as she steps through an opening in a wall bearing 13 stars. Inscriptions are “LIBERTY,” “IN GOD WE TRUST,” “AU 24K,” “1/4 oz.,” and “2016.”</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse (tails) depicts an eagle in flight flanked by 13 stars. Inscriptions are “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,” “E PLURIBUS UNUM,” and “QUARTER DOLLAR.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Each coin is encapsulated and hand–packaged in a custom–designed, black matte hardwood presentation case and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 2016, the U.S. Mint will <b><i>mark</i></b> the centenary anniversary of three numismatic icons with the release of the Mercury Dime, Standing Liberty Quarter, and Walking Liberty Half Dollar Centennial Gold Coins.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>So it&#039;s <b><i>not</i></b> a commemorative and the Mint never says it even <b><i>commemorates</i></b> anything. It <b><i>celebrates</i></b> and it <b><i>marks</i></b>, and I have several tomcats that can do half of that stuff. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>But of course, the Mint also claims in there that the SLQ&#039;s were beautifully struck, which is more spin than fact, so ...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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