Commemorative Silver
Coin Collection – Modern Commemoratives (1982–): Money Coins
In 1982, George Washington would have been 250 years old, so it was time, once again, to strike up the band and strike up a new commemorative coin to honor the occasion. In reality, this was the U.S. Mint’s toe-in-the-water test to see how the public would respond to a new commemorative coin program. Except for 1985, the mint has produced commemorative coins for collectors each year since. Mintages have increased, and so have the number of different coins made each year, such that the average collector can no longer afford to collect every possible date set/mint set/type set option.
That’s why we call modern commemoratives money coins: They’re expensive compared to their face value, but if you have enough money, you can get all you want. The U.S. Mint has even reinstituted the practice of making gold commemorative coins, further adding to the collector’s pain (in the wallet).
Some of the topics featured on modern commemorative coins include the following
Statue of Liberty: The Statue appeared in 1986 on a copper-nickel half dollar, a silver dollar, and a $5 gold piece.
200th anniversary of the U.S. Constitution: This event was commemorated in 1987 on a silver dollar and a $5 gold piece.
Dwight D. Eisenhower: Ike appears twice on the front of this 1990 silver dollar.
Christopher Columbus: Honored in 1992 on copper-nickel half dollars, silver dollars, and $5 gold pieces.
Sports: Several sports, including soccer, gymnastics, baseball, basketball, and swimming, are honored on modern U.S. commemorative coins.
War: The Civil War, World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War have all been subjects of modern U.S. commemoratives.
In 2007, the U.S. Mint issued a silver dollar and a $5 gold coin, both commemorating the 400th anniversary of the founding of the Jamestown colony in Virginia. Both coins were issued in proof and Uncirculated conditions. The maximum mintages are 500,000 of the silver dollars and 100,000 of the $5 gold coins. Production ends with the end of the 2007 calendar year.
Also in 2007, the U.S. Mint issued the Little Rock Central High School Desegregation silver dollar, available in both proof and Uncirculated conditions. The obverse of the coin depicts a group of children walking to school, escorted by a U.S. soldier, with nine stars symbolizing the Little Rock Nine (the nine African American students who, in 1957, faced down intense hatred and attended the formerly all-white Little Rock Central High School, under military escort). The reverse depicts Little Rock Central High School as it appeared around 1957.
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