SUGGESTED OBVERSE DESIGN BY
RON LANDIS (GALLERY MINT MUSEUM)
Other Suggested Designs For The Golden Dollar |
The mint received many design suggestions for the new golden dollar coin. There was a total of 80 obverse and 41 reverse designs received from 23 artist. Here are several of the rejected designs.
Ron Landis - Obverse Design
| This is the obverse design suggested by Ron Landis (Gallery Mint Museum). After the mint selections were made, not wanting this beautiful design to go to waste, Mr. Landis utilized the design for the exhibitor's medal of the 1998 ANA convention held in Portland, Oregon. The original was hand engraved in brass. These 63.5mm medals are cast in pewter. There were 120 of these medals created. |
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This reverse design by Ron Landis (Gallery Mint Museum) was one of the four finalist for the golden dollar. This design was used on several prototypes struck by the Gallery Mint Museum. |
Daniel Carr - Reverse Design
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| This is one of several dollar designs created by Daniel Carr. This particular design was one of the seven reverse design finalist. Mr. Carr has submitted numerous coin designs to the Mint, with two of his 25¢ designs (New York & Rhode Island) being chosen. You can see and read about Mr. Carr's designs HERE, or on Mr. Carr's web site. |
Gary A. Cooper - Reverse Design
| This beautiful reverse design is the creation of Gary A. Cooper of Maine. Mr. Cooper had postcards made with his suggested design to give to interested parties in hopes of promoting his design. The reverse of this card explains the design as well as purpose of the card. There is also a suggested edge design on this card. |
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Royal Hawaiian Mint - Obverse Design
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This obverse design was
suggested by the Royal Hawaiian Mint of Honolulu, Hawaii.
The Royal Hawaiian Mint struck their proposed design on
39mm diameter, 1 troy ounce .999 silver planchets. The
design was created by Bernard Von Nothaus. These pieces
come with a Certificate
of Authenticity signed by Mr.
Von Nothaus stating that this design was "presented
to the U. S. Treasury for consideration for the new
Dollar design." Note the word "PATTERN" on
the reverse. These were originally offered to the public
for $25 each and the total mintage is believed to be 20. ********
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