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<P style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" align=center>United States Mint
Offers Special Braille Education Set </P>
<P style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" align=center>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.</P>
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<P>Production of the Braille Education Set is limited to 25,000 units.
Orders for the set will be limited to one set per household. </P>
<P>The Braille Education Set is priced at $44.95. The United States Mint
will accept orders at its secure Web site, <A
href="http://www.usmint.gov/catalog">http://www.usmint.gov/catalog</A>, 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.</P>
<P>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.</P>
<P>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. </P>
<P><EM>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</EM></P></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>