[Nfbk] Coin: Braille Education Set

[Kevin Pearl]

United States Mint Offers Special Braille Education Set

The United States Mint is pleased to offer the public a special Braille
Education Set that will be available for purchase beginning noon Eastern
Time (ET) October 8, 2009.  The set is a tri-fold binder containing one
uncirculated 2009 Louis Braille Bicentennial Silver Dollar, educational
material and readable Braille.  The coin is struck in 90 percent silver.

Production of the Braille Education Set is limited to 25,000 units.  Orders
for the set will be limited to one set per household.

The Braille Education Set is priced at $44.95.  The United States Mint will
accept orders at its secure Web site, http://www.usmint.gov/catalog, or at
the toll-free number, 1-800-USA-MINT (872-6468).  Customers should add $4.95
to all domestic orders for shipping and handling costs.

Louis Braille invented a system of reading and writing that has allowed the
blind to be literate participants in society.  The Louis Braille
Bicentennial-Braille Literacy Commemorative Coin Act (Act) (Public Law
109-247) authorizes the United States Mint to mint and issue $1 silver coins
in proof and uncirculated conditions to mark the bicentennial anniversary of
Louis Braille's birth.  The Act also authorizes the agency to pay surcharges
collected from coin sales to the National Federation of the Blind to further
its programs to promote Braille literacy.

The United States Mint, the nation's sole manufacturer of legal tender
coinage, was created by Congress in 1792.  Its primary mission is to produce
an adequate volume of circulating coinage for the nation to conduct its
trade and commerce.  The United States Mint also produces proof,
uncirculated, and commemorative coins; Congressional Gold Medals; and silver
gold and platinum bullion coins.

Note:  To ensure that all members of the public have fair and equal access
to United States Mint products, orders placed prior to the official on-sale
date and time of noon ET on October 8, 2009, shall not be deemed accepted by
the United States Mint and will not be honored. For more information, please
review the United States Mint's Frequently Asked Questions, Answer ID #175
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