2015-P Bombay Hook 5 Ounce Silver Coins for Collectors

Celebrating a national refuge and breeding ground for waterfowl and other wildlife in Delaware, the United States Mint on Thursday, October 8, will release a five ounce silver coin showcasing a reverse design emblematic of Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge.

This release for collectors is issued under the U.S. Mint’s series of America the Beautiful Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coins and appears as the fourth 2015-dated release. Each three-inch coin features a composition of five ounces of 99.9% pure silver and is available at www.usmint.gov on the 8th beginning at Noon (Eastern Time).

Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge is located along the eastern coast of Delaware Bay in Kent County, Delaware. The refuge was established on March 16, 1937 with land purchased using federal duck stamp funds. Today, the refuge consists of 15,978 acres and includes a pre-revolutionary war farmhouse known as the Allee House.

Bombay Hook Silver Coin Design

A great blue heron is in the foreground on the reverse (tails side) of the collectible coin with a great egret in the background. The design, emblematic of the refuge, was created by United States Mint Artistic Infusion Program artist Joel Iskowitz and was sculpted by United States Mint Sculptor-Engraver Phebe Hemphill.

This same image appears on every Bombay Hook coin issued by the United States Mint in all related America the Beautiful coin programs such as the Bombay Hook quarter and the five-ounce Bombay Hook silver bullion coin that sold out the day after it was released. Reverse inscriptions around the design include BOMBAY HOOK, DELAWARE, 2015, and E PLURIBUS UNUM.

The obverse (heads side) portrays a likeness of the first President of the United States, George Washington, as designed by John Flanagan. Obverse inscriptions are UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, LIBERTY, IN GOD WE TRUST, and QUARTER DOLLAR.

To identify the composition of each coin, an edge inscription reads .999 FINE SILVER 5.0 OUNCE.

Additional specifications are in the table below:

Silver Coin Specifications

 

Five ounce uncirculated silver coins are produced at the United States Mint facility in Philadelphia and bear a ‘P’ mintmark on their obverse. Related bullion coins are also struck in Philadelphia but these have no mintmark.

Ordering and Price

Limited to 20,000, the 2015-P Bombay Hook Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin is $149.95. When released on the 8th, place orders online using this U.S. Mint product page or call 1-800-USA-MINT (872-6468).

Each ships in a black U.S. Mint display case that reads AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL FIVE OUNCE SILVER UNCIRCULATED COIN™.

Bullion Version

As mentioned, the United States Mint also produces similar Bombay Hook silver bullion coins for the program of America the Beautiful Five Ounce Silver Bullion Coins. The bullion coin debuted on September 28, 2015. It sold out the next day with final sales of 45,000.

Unlike this uncirculated coin, which is made for collectors and sold by the U.S. Mint directly to the public, the bullion coin is produced for investors and sold through the Mint’s authorized purchasers for a small premium above their associated melt value. They are now available from coin and precious metals dealers.

2015 Five Ounce Silver Coins

The America the Beautiful Quarter and five-ounce coin series’ include a total of five unique releases each honoring a different site of national interest. Program issues for this year honor these sites:

• Homestead National Monument in Nebraska
• Kisatchie National Forest of Louisiana
• Blue Ridge Parkway of North Carolina
• Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge of Delaware (this release)
• Saratoga National Historical Park of New York

The last coins, honoring Saratoga National Historical Park, are set for release in late November and early December.