US Mint and UK Royal Mint collaborate on a new coin design

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The United States Mint and The Royal Mint today announced the collaborative design created by both mints’ Chief Engravers for the 2024 Liberty & Britannia Program.

Following a successful joint project in 2021 featuring the 400th Anniversary of the Mayflower Voyage coins and medals, the United States Mint and The Royal Mint are working together once again on a different type of project. This one features a unique design collaboration between the Chief Engravers of two of the world’s largest and oldest Mints. The collaborative design features Liberty and Britannia, two historical themes featured on many coins over the years, but never together on one unified design. ...
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The design features allegorical Liberty and Britannia depicted in stoic profile portraits featuring complementary and balancing elements suggestive of the faces on a playing card. Their appearance identifies each figure; Liberty carries a torch and is adorned with stars, while Britannia wields a trident and wears a Corinthian helmet. Inscriptions will be appropriate for each nation.
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The United States Mint and The Royal Mint will each utilize this design on products that will be available in 2024. ...
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U.S. Mint and Royal Mint Announce Collaborative Design | U.S. Mint

The U.S. Mint and The Royal Mint announce the collaborative design created by both mints' Chief Engravers for the 2024 Liberty & Britannia Program.
www.usmint.gov www.usmint.gov

edit: I replaced the broken image link with the 1/40 toz image from The Royal Mint.
 
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The United States Mint (Mint) will begin accepting pre-orders for products in the 2024 Liberty & Britannia Program on February 8, 2024, at noon EST. Orders are expected to begin shipping in mid-May.

In this project, these two historic Mints have come together in a ground-breaking creative partnership, featuring the talent and skills of each mint’s Chief Engraver to produce a design featuring both Liberty and Britannia. United States Mint Chief Engraver Joseph Menna and The Royal Mint Chief Engraver, Gordon Summers, have created a stunning design celebrating the harmony of the figures while giving each equal prominence in the design.

The United States Mint is offering a 24-karat High Relief Gold Proof Coin and a 99.9 percent Silver Proof Medal featuring these collaborative designs. The obverse (heads) of both options depicts Allegorical Liberty and Britannia in stoic profile portraits featuring complementary and balancing elements suggestive of the faces on a playing card. Their appearance identifies each figure; Liberty carries a torch and is adorned with stars, while Britannia wields a trident and wears a Corinthian helmet. The inscriptions are “LIBERTY” and “2024.”

The reverse (tails) of both options features the sun as it rises over the Atlantic Ocean, framed by two shores with a Great Basin Bristlecone Pine tree in the west and an English Yew tree in the east, representing both nations and heralding new possibilities for their mutual friendship now and going forward.
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The 24K High Relief Gold Coin has a mintage limit of 10,000 units, and the Silver Proof Medal has a mintage limit of 75,000 units. Household orders are limited to one unit per household for the gold coin and two for the silver medal, which will be in place for the first 24 hours that orders are accepted.

Beginning at noon on Friday, February 9, 2024, secondary household order limits of five gold coins and 25 silver medals will be in place for one week. These secondary order limits will be lifted at noon on Friday, February 16, 2024.
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They are available. Doesn't look like there was a stampede to order them. I guess the collector and speculator interest is not there for this issue.
 
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I just saw a note about these coins and checked - looks like the US Mint sold out of the silver coins for this series (I don't see a listing for the gold).

The Royal Mint still lists a 1/40 toz gold proof coin (it's tiny!):

Britannia and Liberty 2024 UK 1/40oz Gold Proof Coin | The Royal Mint

Finished to the finest Proof standard. Marking a groundbreaking creative partnership between The Royal Mint and the United States Mint.
www.royalmint.com www.royalmint.com

I guess the 1 toz gold coins were sold out?
 
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