[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 135 (Friday, July 14, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 40191]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-11096]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

United States Mint


Notification of American Eagle Gold Proof Coin Price Decrease

    Summary: The recent drop in the price of gold requires that the 
United States Mint reduce the prices on its 2006 American Eagle Gold 
Proof Coins.
    Pursuant to the authority that 31 U.S.C. 5112(i) and 5111(a)(3) 
grant the Secretary of the Treasury to mint and issue gold coins, and 
to prepare and distribute numismatic items, the United States Mint 
mints and issues American Eagle Gold Proof Coins in four denominations: 
One-ounce, one-half ounce, one-quarter ounce, one-tenth ounce, and a 
four-coin set that contains one coin of each denomination. In 
accordance with 31 U.S.C. 9701(b)(2)(B), the United States Mint is 
changing the price of these coins to reflect the decrease in value of 
the underlying precious metal content of the coins--the result of 
recent decreases in the market price of gold. Accordingly, effective 
July 12, 2006, the United States Mint will commence selling these gold 
proof coins according to the following price schedule: one-ounce gold 
proof coin (Sold Out), one-half ounce gold proof coin ($420.00), one-
quarter ounce gold proof coin ($215.00), one-tenth ounce gold proof 
coin ($105.00), and four-coin gold proof set ($1,495.00).
    For Further Information Contact: Gloria Eskridge, Associate 
Director for Sales and Marketing, United States Mint, 801 Ninth Street, 
NW., Washington, DC 20220; or call 202-354-7500.

    Authority: 31 U.S.C. 5111, 5112 & 9701.

    Dated: July 11, 2006.
David A. Lebryk,
Acting Director, United States Mint.
[FR Doc. E6-11096 Filed 7-13-06; 8:45 am]
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