Q. David Bowers
(4) Single Proof 1991-S Mount Rushmore silver dollar: $ 28 pre-issue discount price (through March 28, 1991); regular price $31. Mounted in a protective plastic capsule on a gray velvet tray within a gray gift box with hinged lid (on top of which is a silver-colored plaque of the Great Seal; on the underside is a silver imprint of the Great Seal and the inscription "United States Mount Rushmore Anniversary Coin"), all within a cardboard box imprinted in silver "United States Mint" on one side of the bottom and with the Great Seal and the silver imprint "United States Mount Rushmore Anniversary Coins [sic; plural]" on the lid, this enclosed in a cardboard sleeve imprinted the same as the cardboard box lid.
(7) Two-coin Uncirculated set containing the 1991-D Mount Rushmore half dollar and 1991-P Mount Rushmore silver dollar: $27 pre-issue discount price (through March 28, 1991); regular price $30. Mounted in protective plastic capsules on a gray velvet tray (on which is a silver-colored Great Seal plaque) within a gray cardboard box with "United States Mint" imprinted in silver on one side of the bottom and with the Great Seal and the silver imprint "United States Mount Rushmore Anniversary Coins" on the lid.
(8) Three-coin Uncirculated set containing the 1991-D Mount Rushmore half dollar, 1991-P Mount Rushmore silver dollar, and the 1991-W Mount Rushmore $5 gold coin: $210 pre-issue discount price (through March 28, 1991); regular price $235. Mounted in protective plastic capsules on a gray velvet tray within a gray gift box with hinged lid (on top of which is a gold-colored plaque 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 "United States Mint" on one side of the bottom and with the Great Seal and the gold imprint "United States Mount Rushmore Anniversary Coins" on the lid, this enclosed in a cardboard sleeve imprinted the same as the cardboard box lid.
(9) Two-coin Proof set containing the 1991-S Mount Rushmore half dollar and silver dollar: $35 pre-issue discount price (through March 28, 1991); regular price $38. Mounted in protective plastic capsules on a gray velvet tray within a gray gift box with hinged lid (on top of which is a silver-colored plaque of the Great Seal; on the underside is a silver imprint of the Great Seal and the inscription "United States Mount Rushmore Anniversary Coins"), all within a cardboard box imprinted in silver "United States Mint" on one side of the bottom and with the Great Seal and the silver imprint "United States Mount Rushmore Anniversary Coins" on the lid, this enclosed in a cardboard sleeve im-printed the same as the cardboard box lid.
(10) Three-coin Proof set containing the 1991-S Mount Rushmore half dollar and 1991-P Mount Rushmore silver dollar and 1991-W Mount Rushmore $5 gold coin: $225 pre-issue discount price (through March 28, 1991); regular price $255. Mounted in protective plastic capsules on a gray velvet tray within a gray gift box with hinged lid (on top of which is a gold-colored plaque 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 "United States Mint" on one side of the bottom and with the Great Seal and the gold imprint "United States Mount Rushmore Anniversary Coins" on the lid, this enclosed in a cardboard sleeve imprinted the same as the cardboard box lid.
(11) Six-coin set containing the Uncirculated 1991-D Mount Rushmore half dollar, 1991-P Mount Rushmore silver dol-lar, and the 1991-W Mount Rushmore $5 gold coin; and the Proof 1991-S Mount Rushmore half dollar and silver dollar and the 1991-W Mount Rushmore $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 (on 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 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."
Commemorating: 50th anniversary of the Mount Rushmore sculpture
Obverse motif: Mount Rushmore Memorial
Reverse motif: Great Seal and map of the United States
Authorization date: July 16, 1990
Date on coins: 1991
Date when coins were actually minted: 1991
Mints used: Philadelphia, 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 Philadelphia Mint coins $23 in advance (later, $26; also sold as part of other options-see text); Proof San Francisco Mint coins $28 in advance (later, $31; also sold as part of other options-see text)
Designer of obverse: Marika H. Somogyi (inspired by Gutzon Borglum's Mount Rushmore sculptures in stone; finished model by Chester Y. Martin)
Designer of reverse: Frank Gasparro
Interesting fact: During his earlier tenure at the Mint, Frank Gasparro designed the reverse of the 1959 Lincoln Memorial cent, the reverse of the 1964 Kennedy half dollar, the 1971 Eisenhower dollar, and the 1979 Susan B. Anthony dollar. The Mount Rushmore silver dollar reverse was his first commemorative.