Basketball Hall of Fame commemorative coins

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The Basketball Hall of Fame commemorative coins are a series of coins to be issued by the United States Mint in 2020. The coins were authorized by Public Law 115–343 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. [1] [2]

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History

Following the success of the National Baseball Hall of Fame commemorative coins of 2014, H.R.4592 was introduced to the House of Representatives in 2016. It proposed the production of a series of coins commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2019. [3] [4] However, it did not make it past the House. [5]

The production of Basketball Hall of Fame coins was proposed again in 2017 with H.R.1235, this time with production scheduled for 2020. [6] Unlike the previous proposal, H.R.1235 passed the House and the Senate, and was signed into law by President Donald Trump on December 21, 2018, becoming Public Law 115–343. [1]

Legislation

Public Law 115–343 calls for a maximum mintage limit of 750,000 clad half dollars, 400,000 silver dollars, and 50,000 gold half eagles. It also calls for the coins to be dome-shaped and for the reverse to feature a basketball. [1]

Designs

The US Mint launched the Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Design Competition on March 19, 2019, calling for artists to submit obverse designs to the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee. The chosen designs were unveiled on September 6, 2019. [7]

The obverse, designed by Justin Kunz, will feature three players reaching for a ball. The reverse, designed by Donna Weaver, will feature a basketball falling into a net. [7]

Some of the designs not chosen for the Basketball Hall of Fame coins were later submitted to the CCAC for the reverse of the 2020 Massachusetts American Innovation dollar. [8]

Colorization

On July 17, 2019, April Stafford, the chief of the Office of Design Management, stated that the Mint was considering colorizing the half dollar and silver dollar coins. [9] The Mint confirmed later that year that those coins would be colorized, becoming the first such coins released from the Mint. [10]

The idea of colorized coins brought mixed responses from the numismatic community. One reader of Coin World opined negatively that the Mint would be mimicking the Royal Canadian Mint's "plan of turning out trinkets". However, some welcomed the prospect of coloring. [11]

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