98-31656. Dollar Coin Design

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 228 (Friday, November 27, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65634-65635]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-31656]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

United States Mint


Dollar Coin Design

November 23, 1998.
ACTION: Request for comments.

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SUMMARY: The United States Mint is in the process of selecting designs 
for the obverse (``heads'') and reverse (``tails'') for the new $1 coin 
to be issued beginning in 2000. By law, the Secretary of the Treasury, 
in consultation with Congress, shall select appropriate designs for the 
coin. The Secretary has determined that the obverse design will be a 
depiction of Sacagawea, the young

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Native American guide who was instrumental to the success of the Lewis 
and Clark expedition. The reverse of the coin is required by statute to 
depict an eagle. In September 1998, the Mint invited twenty-three 
artists, including Mint sculptors and engravers, to submit obverse and 
reverse designs for the new coin. These submissions have been evaluated 
and the Mint is now seeking comments from the public on approximately 
five proposed obverse and five proposed reverse designs. The designs 
will be displayed on the Mint's web site (http://www.usmint.gov) 
beginning December 7, 1998.

COMMENT DEADLINE: December 21, 1998.

RECEIPT OF COMMENTS: Any member of the public wishing to comment should 
do so via the Internet by accessing the Mint's web site (http://
www.usmint.gov) Alternatively, comments may be submitted in writing to 
Michael White, 633 3rd Street NW., Room 715, Washington, DC 20220, Fax 
[phone]; mail must be received no later than December 21, 1998.
Philip Diehl,
Director, The United States Mint.
[FR Doc. 98-31656 Filed 11-25-98; 8:45 am]
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