Since its debut in 1997, the United States Mint's American Eagle Platinum Proof Coin has featured Lady Liberty
on the obverse, a symbol of vigilance and resolute faithfulness to duty. Designed and sculpted by United States Mint
Sculptor/Engraver John Mercanti, Lady Liberty again graces the obverse of the American Eagle Platinum Proof Coin in 2006,
joined by the first of three new designs created to honor our Nation's three branches of government; the Legislative,
Executive and Judicial.
Designed by United States Mint Artistic Infusion Program Master Designer Thomas S. Cleveland, and engraved by
United States Mint Sculptor/Engraver Phebe Hemphill, the reverse of the 2007 American Eagle Platinum Proof Coin
represents the Executive Branch and depicts a bald eagle with its wings spread wide to represent freedom with a
shield at the ready to enforce the laws that guarantee those freedoms.
In 2006 the reverse design honored the Legislative branch,
and in 2008, the series concludes with a design to
honor the Judicial branch.
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