SF Mint Will Debut First Ever Curved Coins
- 10 years ago
The United States mint at San Francisco will reportedly be unveiling the first curved coin. One side of the monetary piece will feature a baseball while the flip side will showcase a glove.
The United States mint at San Francisco will reportedly be unveiling the first curved coin. One side of the monetary piece will feature a baseball while the flip side is going to showcase a glove.
The concaved aspect references the unique shape of the baseball glove. The coins have not yet entered into production, but it has been confirmed that the pieces will be produced very soon.
Called the Hall of Fame coin, it is scheduled to go on sale on March 27th of this year and will be available in 50-cent, $1 silver and $5 gold denominations.
The price for the coins has not been determined. They will honor the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, which will be celebrating it’s 75th anniversary this year.
28-year-old Cassie McFarland is the California based artist who designed the coin. She was deemed the winner of a U.S. Treasury contest called The Baseball Coin Design competition.
Her winning design just barely made it in. She submitted her proposal on the final day before the deadline.
Said McFarland ‘I hate to say this, but I almost feel like it was my destiny. The idea of the glove … it just clicked.’
The United States mint at San Francisco will reportedly be unveiling the first curved coin. One side of the monetary piece will feature a baseball while the flip side is going to showcase a glove.
The concaved aspect references the unique shape of the baseball glove. The coins have not yet entered into production, but it has been confirmed that the pieces will be produced very soon.
Called the Hall of Fame coin, it is scheduled to go on sale on March 27th of this year and will be available in 50-cent, $1 silver and $5 gold denominations.
The price for the coins has not been determined. They will honor the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, which will be celebrating it’s 75th anniversary this year.
28-year-old Cassie McFarland is the California based artist who designed the coin. She was deemed the winner of a U.S. Treasury contest called The Baseball Coin Design competition.
Her winning design just barely made it in. She submitted her proposal on the final day before the deadline.
Said McFarland ‘I hate to say this, but I almost feel like it was my destiny. The idea of the glove … it just clicked.’