2016-W Nancy Reagan First Spouse $10 Gold Coin Proof

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ….
 

On July 1, 2016, the United States Mint issued the 2016 Nancy Reagan First Partner 1/2 oz $10 Gold Coin. The coin was struck in .9999 gold with a most approved mintage of solely 10,000 items throughout all finishes and all ordering choices. Each the Proof and Uncirculated variations had been struck on the West Level Mint and carry the “W” mintmark.

The Nancy Reagan $10 Gold Coin was the third and last First Partner gold coin issued in 2016. These bullion cash had been issued in live performance with the base-metal golden Presidential Greenback collection.

Who Was Nancy Reagan?

Nancy Davis Reagan was born Anne Frances Robbins in New York Metropolis on July 6, 1921. After her dad and mom separated, her mom finally married a Chicago neurosurgeon named Loyal Davis, whose final identify Anne adopted. Utilizing her nickname “Nancy”, Ms. Davis turned an actor in Hollywood films like Donovan’s Mind (1953).

In 1949, Nancy Davis contacted Display screen Actor’s Guild (SAG) President Ronald W. Reagan to get herself faraway from a blacklist of communists working in Hollywood (she had been confused with one other actress of the identical identify). Ms. Davis started relationship the not too long ago divorced Reagan–the one president ever to have finished so–and the 2 had been married in 1952. Her marriage to the fortieth president of the United States of America lasted till he died in 2004. Mrs. Reagan handed away on March 6, 2016.

As first girl, Nancy Reagan was most well-known for her anti-drug advocacy. The slogan “Simply Say No” is a well-remembered artifact of Eighties popular culture.

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Market Knowledge and Noteworthy Specimens

Prime Inhabitants: PCGS PR70DCAM (40, 10/2024), NGC PF70UCAM (239, 10/2024), and CAC N/A (0:0 stickered:graded, 10/2024).

• PCGS PR70DCAM #81494584: “The Good Karma Lane Assortment, Half II,” Heritage, October 9, 2023, Lot 51188 – $1,020. First Strike label.
• PCGS PR70DCAM #44787506: GreatCollections, Might 8, 2022, Lot 1155582 – View.
• NGC PF70UCAM #4355262-005: GreatCollections, August 29, 2021, Lot 1041977 – View. First Partner Sequence label.
• NGC PF70UCAM #4540645-015: GreatCollections, August 29, 2021, Lot 940885 – View. First Partner Sequence label.
• NGC PF70UCAM #4602674-030: GreatCollections, January 10, 2021, Lot 930504 – View. First Partner Sequence label.
• NGC PF70UCAM #4491895-012: Heritage, December 14, 2018, Lot 8394 – $780. Mike Fort signature label. First Partner Sequence on insert.
• PCGS PR70DCAM #81494586: Heritage, April 29, 2018, Lot 8774 – $720.
• NGC PF70UCAM #4397749-006: Heritage, April 6, 2017, Lot 19038 – $822.50. First Partner Sequence label.

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Design

Obverse:

The obverse of the 2016 Nancy Reagan First Partner Gold Proof Coin contains a smiling Mrs. Reagan designed by Benjamin Sowards; his initials BS are discovered to the left of the primary girl’s neck. U.S. Mint sculptor-engraver Joseph Menna engraved the obverse; his initials JFM are situated to her proper. Inscriptions embrace NANCY REAGAN, the motto IN GOD WE TRUST, LIBERTY, the 12 months of subject 2016, and the West Level mintmark W. The dates of the Reagan Administration and her husband’s ordinal place within the checklist of presidents–fortieth 1981-1989–curve across the rim on the backside of the coin.

Reverse:

United States Mint Inventive Infusion Program (AIP) designer Joel Iskowitz is liable for the reverse design that includes Nancy Reagan standing behind two kids–one white, one black; one male, one feminine–along with her arms on their shoulders. The designer’s initials JI are close to the boy’s proper shoulder. Reagan’s bearing is genial and maternal. The youngsters, consultant of the truth that Mrs. Reagan’s message of drug abstinence was for all of America’s youth, regardless of their race, intercourse, or socio-economic background, are carrying t-shirts along with her effort’s well-known kitschy slogan.

Inscriptions embrace UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, the motto E PLURIBUS UNUM, the face worth of $10, the burden 1/2 OZ. and the coin’s purity of .9999 FINE GOLD – as mandated by regulation.

Mint sculptor Don Everhart engraved the reverse; his initials DE are subsequent to the lady’s left shoulder.

Edge:

Like all the cash within the 10-year First Partner 1/2 oz Gold Coin collection, the Nancy Reagan Gold Coin has a reeded edge.

Designers

Inventive Infusion Program (AIP) artist Benjamin Sowards studied at Brigham Younger College and Laguna Faculty of Artwork and Design. He’s recognized for his portraiture and totally painted e book illustrations – together with the Leven Thumps collection of younger grownup fantasy novels. He has taught as Director of the Illustration Program at Southern Utah College since 2001.

United States Mint engraver Joseph Menna has greater than three dozen coin and medal designs to his credit score since becoming a member of the Mint in 2005. He turned Chief Engraver in 2019 (View Designer’s Profile).

Joel Iskowitz joined the U.S. Mint’s design employees in 2005 (View Designer’s Profile).

Don Everhart joined the USA Mint in 2004 after a protracted and profitable profession as a sculptor and designer of medals. He retired in 2017 and now participates within the Mint’s Inventive Infusion Program (View Designer’s Profile).

2016-W Nancy Reagan First Partner $10 Gold Proof Coin Specs

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