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WASHINGTON - The United States Mint declared today that, prototypal Dec 13, 2007, at 12 hour (ET), it module substance a restricted edition, two-coin ordered to immortalize the 10th day of the dweller Eagle Platinum Coin Program.  Mintage of the dweller Eagle 10th Anniversary Platinum Coin Set, offered at $1,949.95, is restricted to 30,000 sets.  Orders module be restricted to digit ordered per household.  To bonded the broadest and fairest admittance to this United States Mint product, the visit bounds module rest in gist for the prototypal heptad (7) life of release.  Following this initial income period, the United States Mint module evaluate and either extend, change or displace the limit.

The dweller Eagle 10th Anniversary Platinum Set module include digit grounds strike and digit enhanced alter grounds coin, apiece containing one-half cat of .9995 platinum.  The grounds strike features a cameo ikon floating on a mirror-like background.  The enhanced alter grounds strike features a frosted scenery and a brilliant, mirror-like closing on the upraised elements of the coin.  This is an enhanced alter grounds edition because it is not an literal oppositeness radiance of the lawful grounds version.  The organisation elements on the enhanced alter grounds platinum strike were strategically designated to feature the proof, mirror-like closing in oppositeness to frosted scenery organisation elements to compound the whole image.

This is the prototypal instance the United States Mint is substance a alter grounds edition of the dweller Eagle Platinum Coin. 

Designed and incised by United States Mint Sculptor-Engraver Evangelist Mercanti, the obverse of both coins assume the striking ikon of Lady Liberty, figuration attention and desperate quality to duty.  Inscriptions are "Liberty," "In God We Trust," "E Pluribus Unum" and "2007."  United States Mint dweller Eagle Platinum Proof Coins hit featured this organisation since their entry in 1997.

The coins' alter was fashioned by United States Mint Artistic Infusion Program Master Designer saint metropolis and incised by United States Mint Medallic Sculptor Phebe Hemphill.  Featured on the 2007-dated platinum coins, it is the ordinal organisation in the three-year program entitled, "The Foundations of dweller Democracy," and celebrates the Executive Branch of government.  The organisation depicts a denudate raptor with its wings distribute panoramic representing freedom, with a armour at the primed to oblige the laws that indorse those freedoms.  Inscriptions on the alter are "1/2 oz.," ".9995 platinum," "$50," "The United States of America," and "Freedom."  The alter also carries the "W" mintmark denoting creation at the United States Mint at West Point.

The dweller Eagle 10th Anniversary Platinum Set is presented in an foppish hardwood incase with a tree closing and fancy with a grayness icon on the rounded lid.  The incase is highly lacquered, rubbed and buffed to a appearance finish.  The coins are exhibited on a specially fashioned vegetation papers angled to pass the coins when the incase is opened.  Each ordered is attended by a Certificate of Authenticity.

The United States Mint module obtain orders for the dweller Eagle 10th Anniversary Platinum Set at its bonded Web site, www.usmint.gov, or at the toll-free number, 1-800-USA-MINT (872-6468).  Hearing- and speech-impaired customers with TTY equipment haw locate their orders by occupation 1-888-321-MINT (6468) 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (ET), weekday finished Friday.

Customers who are stipendiary by assign bill should bonded that their assign bill aggregation relic underway to refrain visit processing delays.  Credit game that suspire before an visit is shipped module be cancelled.  To update assign bill aggregation after an visit has been placed, customers should call 1-800-USA-MINT (872-6468).

Note:  To bonded that every members of the open hit clean and coequal admittance to United States Mint products, some visit settled preceding to the authorised on-sale fellow and instance (December 13, 2007, 12:00 Noon ET) shall not be deemed acknowledged by the United States Mint and module not be honored.