Tuskegee Airmen Silver Uncirculated Coins

The 2021 Tuskegee Airmen Silver Uncirculated Coins may well be the last strike ever created as part of the US Mint’s America the Beautiful Five Ounce Uncirculated Coin Program. Each of these silver uncirculated coins will be composed of five ounces of .999 fine silver with a diameter of three inches and feature a reverse emblematic of the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site of Alabama.

With the release of this strike, the US Mint will have issued a total of fifty-six of the coins which were struck as the numismatic versions of the America the Beautiful Silver Bullion Coins™. The silver bullion coins were originally authorized by Congress for only fifty-six strikes and by extension that means this collector grade series will likely only see the same number.

However, there is a possibility that the bullion series will be extended for a second complete run as the option was built into the original authorizing legislation – Public Law 110-456 (America’s Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008). If the bullion coins are extended, and assuming sales of the numismatic versions are adequate, it is likely that the US Mint will also extend this series.

If it does, a second run of fifty-six strikes would start immediately in 2021 following the release of this Tuskegee Coin.

2021 Tuskegee Airmen Silver Uncirculated Coin Values

These 2021 Tuskegee Airmen Silver Uncirculated Coins will be struck to resemble the Tuskegee Quarter struck as part of the America the Beautiful Quarters® Program. As such, each will only have a face value of twenty-five cents like those quarter dollars.

That face value should be relatively small, however, compared to the strikes intrinsic melt value since each coin is composed of five ounces of silver. This gives them a melt value approximately equal to what that amount of the precious metal is currently trading for. Thus, if it is going for $30 an ounce, these strikes would have a melt value of about $150 – five ounces times $30 an ounce equals $150.

Also, since the coins are struck for collectors, they will likely have a numismatic value associated with them. This value generally carries a premium over and above the melt value which increases based on the perceived rarity and condition of the strike.

The Mint Prices, Values & Sales Figures page shows recent sales information from the United States Mint once the coins have been released for sale. Also offered on that page will be melt values based on recent market activity.

Tuskegee Airmen Silver Uncirculated Coin Information

Struck to resemble the associated quarter dollar, as previously mentioned, these 2021 Tuskegee Airmen Silver Uncirculated Coins will each have portrait of George Washington on their obverse. This portrait was originally designed by John Flanagan for the 1932 circulating quarter dollar and has appeared in one form or another on the quarter dollars ever since making it one of the most recognizable portraits found on American coinage.

The reverse will contain the design emblematic of the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site of Alabama. Several design candidates should be released by the US Mint in early 2020 with the final design chosen by the Secretary of the Treasury later that year.

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