In a release received May 28 from Michael White at the United States Mint’s Office of Corporate Communications, we learned that all Apollo 11 50th Anniversary 2019 Proof Half Dollar Sets were assembled with an error on the product sleeve.
The back of the outside packaging sleeve incorrectly shows Gilroy Roberts as designing and engraving both the obverse (heads side) and reverse (tails side) of the Kennedy Half Dollar. Roberts designed and engraved the obverse but Frank Gasparro designed and engraved the reverse
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Apollo half dollar set sleeve misprinted
The United States Mint says there is a clerical error in the packaging for the Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Half Dollar Set.
The Mint statement said the back of the outer sleeve lists Gilroy Roberts as the designer/engraver for both the obverse and reverse of the Kennedy half dollar. Roberts designed/engraved the obverse and Frank Gasparro designed/engraved the reverse