2010 American Platinum Eagle
This year marks the release of the 2010 American Platinum Eagle, which is the second in a the six year series, that explores American democracy and it's core concepts as they are stated in the Preamble to the Constitution of the US. The first release last year, which was the one ounce 2009 Proof Platinum Eagle, was put out for sale on December 3, 2009 and proceeded to sell out in one week.
The packaging of this platinum coin was in the middle of a tri-fold binder, and set up to display one side with the narrative by Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. and then the opposite side holding the specifications of the coin and its certificate of authenticity.
This year's 2010 Platinum Eagle reverse design will display the words of the principle, "To Establish Justice," as inspired by the Chief Justice of The United States, John G. Roberts, Jr. Featured on the obverse design is a rendition designed by John Mercanti of the Statue of Liberty which has always been used on all of the American Platinum Eagle coins issued since it first came out in 1997.
The Commission of Fine Arts (CFA), and the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) have been provided with nine individual reverse design candidates by the United States Mint. Of these nine candidates, six of them show the relief of Justice, blindfolded and holding up scales, with some surrounded by people or allegorical symbols. Yet another one of the designs shows the torch held by the Statue of Liberty. The last two final designs have the Supreme Court Building's pediment, including the figures of Order, Liberty, and Authority, as well as the west front doors of the building with the panels that depict the development of the law.
There are groups that reviewed all of the design candidates in various separate meetings that were held in late March, and the recommendation from the CFA was the design showing the symbolic torch. There was a one recommendation by the CFA that the text across the torch ("Justice the Guardian of Liberty") be restudied and the possibility be considered to move it to flank the central image. The design that features a blindfolded Justice who's holding a laurel branch and the scales was support by CCAC. They also offered a few recommendation for revisions to individual aspects of the design, and ended up unanimously recommending Justice should be holding the scale by the loop that's above the beam to have the depiction be mechanically correct.
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