The second issue of the new Solar System Series is dedicated to Mercury. The motive of the dome shaped coin depicts a colored and detailed image of the planet Mercury. The reverse features the inscription “THE SOLAR SYSTEM”, the fineness, the year of issue and the American Eagle. Of all planets Mercury has the narrowest orbit around the sun. Its distance to the sun is only around a third of the distance from the sun to the earth. With the exception of Pluto, it is also the smallest planet in our solar system. Because of its proximity to the sun, we see Mercury in our sky never far away from the sun.