The U.S. Mint issued this $5 Gold Breast Cancer Awareness commemorative to support furthering breast cancer research. Offered in U.S. Mint packaging and in a rose Gold finish.
Product Highlights:
- Contains 7.931 grams of metal composed of 85% Gold, 14.8% Copper, and the balance in Zinc.
- U.S. Mint's first-ever Rose Gold Proof finish.
- Comes in U.S. Mint packaging with certificate of authenticity.
- Minted at the West Point Mint.
- Obverse: Features two generations of women clutching their chests and an arm raised in a gesture of triumph. Above flies a butterfly, and an iconic ribbon rests in the background.
- Reverse: Depicts the Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly in flight as a symbol of hope.
These Breast Cancer Awareness Commemoratives give you the satisfaction of an investment and the peace of knowing a great cause is being supported with this campaign.
The Breast Cancer Awareness Commemorative Coin Act was signed into law on April 29, 2016 and was commissioned to further progressive research efforts by the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Customers who purchase these coins gain more than a commemorative coin to hold; they also get the satisfaction of knowing that $35 of every $5 Gold Breast Cancer Awareness Commemorative purchased has been committed to be paid to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation for breast cancer research.