Q. David Bowers
Commemorating: 50th anniversary of the Mount Rushmore sculpture
Obverse motif: Eagle and Mount Rushmore Memorial
Reverse motif: Inscriptions
Authorization date: July 16, 1990
Date on coins: 1991
Date when coins were actually minted: 1991
Mint used: West Point
Maximum quantity authorized: 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, 10001 Aerospace Drive, Lanham, MD 20706)
Standard original packaging: Protective plastic capsule within a presentation case
Official sale prices: Uncirculated $185 in advance (later, $210; also sold as part of other options-see text); Proof $195 in advance (later, $225; also sold as part of other options see text)
Designer of obverse: John Mercanti (inspired by Gutzon Borglum's Mount Rushmore sculptures in stone)
Designer of reverse: Robert Lamb
Interesting fact: The reverse design consisted entirely of lettering, with no emblems or motifs, the first such instance in the history of United States commemorative coins.