Owner Comments:
This SP68 Goodacre Presentation Dollar with signed label by Philip Diehl the 35th U.S. Mint Director is my favorite coin based on unique story of the mints payment to the artist. Thus, creating a limited number of (5,000) minted special coins.
The Goodacre Presentation Dollar is ranked #66 in the book; “100 Greatest U.S. Modern Coins, 4th Edition” by Jeff Garrett.
The Mint Director Phil Diehl personally delivered these 5,000 coins to Glenna Goodacre at her Santa Fe studio in New Mexico. These coins were extra special and were different than the rest of the 2000 minted Sacagawea Dollars. The coin themselves were struck on burnished planchets by polished dies using higher pressure - which resulted in a proof-like surface. They were also treated with an antioxidant to help preserve their special appearance.
Goodacre immediately sent all 5,000 coins to the Independent Coin Grading Company (ICG) in late 2000 to have them certified and sealed in order to preserve them. Each coin was individually numbered and Goodacre had the numbers 2003 through 4999 sold to the public for $200 each while she kept the remainder for herself.
In 2010, Jeff Garrett a dealer from Mid-American Rare Coin Galleries acquired the remaining coins from Goodacre. These ICG-graded coins were sent to PCGS and put into plastic holders with a special label bearing the signature of Philip N. Diehl - the Director of the US Mint at the time Goodacre designed the coin. Some of these coins have been signed by Glenna Goodacre herself - with the signature featured on the outside of the plastic holder. Thus, making this coin one of the 2,010 coins that Jeff Garrett acquired.