The Six Coin Set included both uncirculated and proof versions of each coin. The Three Coin Set, either uncirculated or proof, included the half dollar, silver dollar, and $5 gold coins. The coins were sold individually or as part of complete sets. The coins were available in either proof or uncirculated versions, both struck at the West Point Mint. The designs for the coin were by Elizabeth Jones, the Chief Engraver of the United States Mint, with part of the initial modeling for the reverse credited to Philip Fowler.

An inner circumferential arrangement includes additional inscriptions “E Pluribus Unum” and “In God We Trust”. Around the outer circumference of the coin are inscriptions “United States of America” and the denomination “Five Dollars” interrupted by groups of six and seven stars. On the reverse is a depiction of a bald eagle in flight. Inscriptions include the date “1986” above and the word “Liberty” to the left of the image. The reverse inscriptions include “United States of America”, the famous words “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breath free”, the motto “E Pluribus Unum”, and the denomination “One Dollar”.The obverse design features a close view of the face and crown of the statue of Liberty. These words are engraved on a bronze plaque mounted inside the statue. The statue’s hand with a lit torch are depicted with the concluding words of Emma Lazarus’s poem The New Colossus.

The reverse of the coin was designed by John Mercanti with assistance from Matthew Peloso.

The inscriptions include “Liberty”, “Ellis Island”, “Gateway to America”, “In God We Trust”, and the date. The $78 million in surcharges raised from the program was used to fund the restoration of the Statue of Liberty and the celebration of its centennial.ĭesigned by John Mercanti, the obverse of the silver dollar features a view of the Statue of Liberty with the main building of Ellis Island in the background. The commemorative program of “United States Liberty Coins” was the most successful to date, with more than 7 million silver dollars and 7 million half dollars sold, and a complete sell out of the maximum mintage established for the gold coins.

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