Q. David Bowers
Commemorating: Centennial of the dedication of the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor
Obverse motif: Statue of Liberty
Reverse motif: Immigrants on dock
Authorization date: July 9, 1985
Date on coins: 1986
Dates when coins were actually minted: 1985-1986
Mints used: Denver, San Francisco
Maximum quantity authorized: 25,000,000
Total quantity minted: Information not released by the Mint
Quantity melted: Information not released by the Mint
Net number distributed: 928,008 Uncirculated Denver Mint coins; 6,925,627 Proof San
Francisco Mint coins
Issued by: U.S. Mint (office address beginning April 1985: Judiciary Square Building, 633 3rd Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20220)
Standard original packaging: Blue box (or cherry wood box as part of a six-coin set) Official sale prices: Uncirculated Denver Mint coins $5 in advance (later, $6; also sold as part of other options-see text); Proof San Francisco Mint coins $6.50 in advance (later, $7.50; also sold as part of other options-see text)
Designer of obverse: Edgar Z. Steever IV
Designer of reverse: Sherl Joseph Winter
Interesting facts: These were the first commemorative coins to be struck in clad metal, an idea proposed by numismatist David L. Ganz; this issue had the highest distribution figure of any commemorative to date.
(average market prices)
1990 (spring) MS-65 $6.50
1990 (December) MS-65 $6.50
(average market prices)
1990 (spring) Proof-65 $6.75
1990 (December) Proof-65 $7.25