235.014 - Form and content of medallions and bars.
235.014 Form and content of medallions and bars.
1. The ore used to produce a medallion or bar must be mined in Nevada, if the ore is available. If it is not available, ore newly mined in the United States may be used. Each medallion or bar made of gold, silver or platinum must be 0.999 fine. Additional series of medallions made of gold, silver or platinum at degrees of fineness of 0.900 or greater may be approved by the Director with the concurrence of the Interim Finance Committee. The degree of fineness of the materials used must be clearly indicated on each medallion.
2. Medallions may be minted in weights of 1 ounce, 0.5 ounce, 0.25 ounce and 0.1 ounce.
3. Bars may be minted in weights of 1 ounce, 5 ounces, 10 ounces and 100 ounces.
4. Each medallion must bear on its obverse The Great Seal of the State of Nevada and on its reverse a design selected by the Director, in consultation with the Director of the Commission on Tourism, the Administrator of the Division of Museums and History of the Department of Cultural Affairs and the Administrator of the Division of Minerals of the Commission on Mineral Resources.
(Added to NRS by 1989, 139; A 1993, 1537; 1999, 3620; 2001, 936; 2007, 1000)