United States Mint July 2006 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The recent drop in the price of gold requires that the United States Mint reduce the prices on its 2006 American Eagle Gold Proof Coins. Pursuant to the authority that 31 U.S.C. 5112(i) and 5111(a)(3) grant the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue gold coins, and to prepare and distribute numismatic items, the United States Mint mints and issues American Eagle Gold Proof Coins in four denominations: One-ounce, one-half ounce, one-quarter ounce, one-tenth ounce, and a four-coin set that contains one coin of each denomination. In accordance with 31 U.S.C. 9701(b)(2)(B), the United States Mint is changing the price of these coins to reflect the decrease in value of the underlying precious metal content of the coinsthe result of recent decreases in the market price of gold. Accordingly, effective July 12, 2006, the United States Mint will commence selling these gold proof coins according to the following price schedule: one-ounce gold proof coin (Sold Out), one-half ounce gold proof coin ($420.00), one- quarter ounce gold proof coin ($215.00), one-tenth ounce gold proof coin ($105.00), and four-coin gold proof set ($1,495.00). For Further Information Contact: Gloria Eskridge, Associate Director for Sales and Marketing, United States Mint, 801 Ninth Street, NW., Washington, DC 20220; or call 202-354-7500.

Pursuant to United States Code, Title 31, section 5135 (b)(8)(C), the United States Mint announces the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) public meeting scheduled for July 19, 2006. Date: July 19, 2006. Time: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Location: The United States Mint; 801 Ninth Street, NW.; Washington, DC; Second floor. Subject: Review of designs for the 2007 Little Rock Central High School Desegregation 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin, the Tuskegee Airmen Congressional Gold Medal, and other business. Interested persons should call 202-354-7502 for the latest update on meeting time and room location. The CCAC was established to: Advise the Secretary of the Treasury on any theme or design proposals relating to circulating coinage, bullion coinage, Congressional Gold Medals, and national and other medals. Advise the Secretary of the Treasury with regard to the events, persons, or places to be commemorated by the issuance of commemorative coins in each of the five calendar years succeeding the year in which a commemorative coin designation is made. Make recommendations with respect to the mintage level for any commemorative coin recommended. For Further Information Contact: Cliff Northup, United States Mint Liaison to the CCAC; 801 Ninth Street, NW.; Washington, DC 20220; or call 202-354-7200. Any member of the public interested in submitting matters for the CCAC's consideration or addressing the CCAC at the Public Forum is invited to submit request and/or materials by fax to the following number: 202-756-6830.