2022-W Negro Leagues Baseball GOLD PROOF Dollar Commemorative OGP & COA

Description

The Negro Leagues Baseball Commemorative Coins are being minted in honor of the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Negro National League, a professional baseball league formed in response to African-American players being banned from the major leagues. Public Law 116-209, which authorized the commemorative coin program, requires the coins to be emblematic of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and its mission to promote tolerance, diversity, and inclusion.
Obverse: Features a portrait of player, manager and executive, Andrew “Rube” Foster with his signature. Foster established the Negro National League in a meeting held at the Paseo YMCA in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1920. Inscriptions are “NEGRO LEAGUES BASEBALL,” “IN GOD WE TRUST,” “2022,” and “LIBERTY.”
Reverse: Depicts the gesture of tipping one’s cap, an important sign of respect for players. Inscriptions are “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,” “THEIR LEGACY PLAYS ON,” “,” and “E PLURIBUS UNUM.”
SPECIFICATIONS
Denomination:
Five Dollars
Finish:
Proof
Composition:
90% Gold, 6% Silver, Balance Copper
Weight:
0.243 troy oz.
Diameter:
0.850 inch/21.60 mm
Edge:
Reeded
Mint and Mint Mark:
West Point - W