2016-03-07 Mon

As a symbolic gesture to support the fight against breast cancer, the U.S. Mint passed a bill to issue the nation’s first pink coins in July 2015. As per the new Act, the mint will produce and sell up to 50,000 $5 pink gold coins, 400,000 silver dollars and 750,000 clad half-dollars in 2018.

The Royal Canadian Mint had also used pink gold plating on its commemorative 2012 Farewell to the Penny Silver Coin. They had issued a 25-cent Breast Cancer circulation coin featuring a pink ribbon treatment.

The bill split the funds evenly between the Susan G. Komen for the Cure and the Breast Cancer Research Foundation to support the research funded by the groups. The amended bill, however, removed the distribution of funds to Susan G. Komen for the Cure due to a fight over abortion.