Fort Moultrie Silver Bullion Coins

The 2016 Fort Moultrie Silver Bullion Coins will be struck as the thirty-fifth release of the US Mint’s America the Beautiful Silver Bullion Coin™ Program. Bullion coins in this series are each struck from five ounces of .999 fine silver to a diameter of three inches and feature reverse designs emblematic of sites of national interest from around the United States. This specific coin features a reverse honoring Fort Moultrie part of Fort Sumter National Monument found in the state of South Carolina.

As each coin in this silver bullion coin series is struck from five ounces of the precious metal, they qualify as the largest bullion products of the US Mint. Bullion coins are produced by the Mint for investors and are sold through the Mint’s network of authorized purchasers to local coin and precious metal dealers who, in turn, resell them to the public as a means of adding small amounts of precious metals to their portfolios.

This entire series of bullion coins contains designs based on an associated series of circulating coins known as the US Mint’s America the Beautiful Quarters® Program. These America the Beautiful Quarters continue a tradition of the US Mint to offer multiple new quarter dollars annually that started with the very successful 50-State Quarters Program in 1999.

Unlike these bullion coins which are struck for investors or the associated quarters which are typically struck for circulation, the US Mint will also strike a third Fort Moultrie coin intended solely for collectors. It will be known as the Fort Moultrie Silver Uncirculated Coin and will feature similar specifications to that of the bullion strike.

2016 Fort Moultrie Silver Coin Values

There will be three values associated with each 2016 Fort Moultrie Silver Bullion Coin – a face value, a melt value and a numismatic value.

The least of these should be the strikes face value which will only be twenty-five cents based on the quarter dollars they are struck to resemble. Improving upon that significantly should be the strikes intrinsic melt value which is linked to the fact that each coin is struck from five ounces of silver and thus will have a melt value approximately equal to that amount of the precious metal on the open market.

Finally, collectors should also be interested in obtaining these strikes and will likely be willing to pay a premium to obtain it. This is known as the coin’s numismatic value and typically increases based on the perceived rarity and condition.

The Mint Prices, Values & Sales Figures Page will give a snapshot of the coin’s melt values as well as current sales information once the strikes have been released by the US Mint.

Fort Moultrie Silver Bullion Coin Information

Shown on the obverse of each 2016 Fort Moultrie Silver Bullion Coin will be a portrait of George Washington by John Flanagan. This image of Washington was first seen on the 1932 circulating quarter dollar and will be used on the obverse of all of the America the Beautiful related coins.

The reverse of the strike will be emblematic of Fort Moultrie (part of Fort Sumter National Monument) found in the state of South Carolina. This image should be unveiled by the Mint in late 2015 with the US Mint offering several design candidates for review earlier that year.

Fort Moultrie Silver Coin Specifications