Q. David Bowers
(11) Six-coin set containing the Uncirculated 1991-D Mount Rushmore half dollar, 1991-P Mount Rushmore silver dollar, and the 1991-W Mount Rushmore $5 gold coin; and the Proof 1991-S Mount Rushmore half dollar and silver dollar and the 1991-WMountRushmore $5 gold coin: $445 pre-issue discount price (through March 28, 1991); regular price $490. Mounted in protective plastic capsules on a gray velvet tray within a cherry wood gift box with hinged lid Con top of which is a gold-colored imprint of the Great Seal; on the underside is a gold imprint of the Great Seal and the inscription "United States Mount Rushmore Anniversary Coins"), all within a cardboard box imprinted in gold with the Great Seal and "United States Mount Rushmore Anniversary Coins" on the lid.
(12) 1991 Prestige Proof set consisting of a regular 1991-S Proof set plus Proof examples of the 1991-S Mount Rushmore half dollar and silver dollar: $49 pre-issue discount price (through March 28, 1991); $55 regular price. Mounted in a gray plastic case within hinged gray book-type covers (the outside front cover of which bears a silver-colored plaque of the Great Seal; the underside is imprinted in silver with the Great Seal and "United States Mint 1991 Prestige Set"), all enclosed within a gray cardboard box imprinted in silver with the Great Seal and "United States Mint 1991 Prestige Set."
Collecting Mount Rushmore Anniversary Half Dollars
1991 Mount Rushmore anniversary half dollars are readily available in grades as issued.
Commemorating: 50th anniversary of the Mount Rushmore sculpture
Obverse motif: Mount Rushmore Memorial
Reverse motif: Bison ("buffalo" per official Mint news releases)
Authorization date: July 16, 1990
Date on coins: 1991
Date when coins were actually minted: 1991
Mints used: Denver, San Francisco
Maximum quantity authorized: 2,500,000
Total quantity minted: Information not available by press time
Quantity melted: Information not available by press time
Net number distributed: Information not available by press time
Issued by: U.S. Mint (mail addressed to The United States Mint, Mount Rushmore Anniversary Coins, P.O. Box 41587, Philadelphia, PA 19162-0058 was processed by the Customer Service Center, United States Mint, 10001 Aerospace Road, Lanham, MD 20706)
Standard original packaging: Various options (see text)
Official sale prices: Uncirculated Denver Mint coins $6 in advance (later, $7; also sold as part of other options-see text); Proof San Francisco Mint coins $8.50 in advance (later, $9.50; also sold as part of other options-see text)
Designer of obverse: Marcel Jovine (inspired by Gutzon Borglum's Mount Rushmore sculptures in stone)
Designer of reverse: T. James Ferrell