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Louis Braille Bicentennial Silver Dollar

November 3, 2016 - The 2009 Louis Braille Bicentennial Silver Dollar commemorates the 200th anniversary of the birth of Louis Braille, inventor of the Braille system, which is still used by the blind to read and write. Louis Braille was born in Coupvray, France,...

Abraham Lincoln Commemorative Silver Dollar

November 3, 2016 - Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President, serving from 1861 – 1865, was one of America’s great leaders, demonstrating uncommon courage during the Civil War, one of the greatest crises in our Nation’s history. His life is commemorated in music, poetry and...

Bald Eagle Commemorative Coin Program

November 3, 2016 - The Bald Eagle, nearing the brink of extinction just 35 years ago, has made remarkable progress and is still expanding its presence throughout our Nation’s lands and skies. The United States Mint is authorized to mint and issue three commemorative...

Little Rock Central High School Desegregation Silver Dollar

November 8, 2019 - The Little Rock Central High School Silver Dollar recognizes and pays tribute to the strength, determination and courage displayed by African-American high school students in the fall of 1957. In the landmark 1954 decision of Brown v. Board of Education of...

Jamestown 400th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Program

November 3, 2016 - In the spring of 1607, three ships carrying 105 settlers — the Virginia Company of London — made landfall in the New World. The Virginia Company was charged with establishing an English settlement in North America, and its employees were...