1995 W UNITED STATES West Point Mint Special Olympics SILVER Dollar Coin i93296

Item: i93296 Authentic Coin of. United States of America Funding For Special Olympics 1995 W BU Silver Dollar 38.1mm (26.84 grams) 0.900 Silver 0.8594 oz.

James Ferrell from Jamie Wyeth art, Thomas D. SPECIAL OLYMPIC WORLD GAMES LIBERTY J. TJF IN GOD WE TRUST P 1995, Portrait of Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Founder of the Special Olympics. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA · E PLURIBUS UNUM AS WE HOPE FOR THE BEST IN THEM, HOPE IS REBORN IN US. EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER, FOUNDER TDR ONE DOLLAR, A rose, a Special Olympics medal, and a quote from Eunice Shriver.

Coin Notes: The 1995 Special Olympics World Games Silver Dollar was issued to honor the competitions created for people with intellectual disabilities. The Special Olympics are focused on developing self confidence, social skills, and a sense of accomplishment for the participants. In 1995, the Special Olympic Games were held in Connecticut. Eunice Kennedy Shriver was the first living female depicted on US coinage. On the coin, she is credited as the founder of the Special Olympic Games, although some credit Anne Burke and consider the coin inaccurate. The 1995 Special Olympics Silver Dollar was issued in both proof and uncirculated versions. The proof coins were minted at Philadelphia and the uncirculated coins were minted at West Point. The maximum authorized mintage across both versions was 800,000. These coins were later given to Special Olympics athletes in 1998.

The Morgan dollar was a United States dollar coin minted from 1878 to 1904, and then again in 1921. It was the first standard silver dollar minted since production of the previous design, the Seated Liberty dollar, ceased due to the passage of the Coinage Act of 1873, which also ended the free coining of silver. The coin is named for its designer, United States Mint Assistant Engraver George T.

The obverse depicts a profile portrait representing Liberty, while the reverse depicts an eagle with wings outstretched. The dollar was authorized by the Bland-Allison Act.

Following the passage of the 1873 act, mining interests lobbied to restore free silver, which would require the Mint to accept all silver presented to it and return it, struck into coin. This act, in turn, was repealed in 1893. When those silver reserves were depleted in 1904, the Mint ceased to strike the Morgan dollar.

The Pittman Act, passed in 1918, authorized the melting and recoining of millions of silver dollars. Pursuant to the act, Morgan dollars resumed mintage for one year in 1921. The design was replaced by the Peace dollar later the same year.

In the early 1960s, a large quantity of uncirculated Morgan dollars was found to be available from Treasury vaults, including issues once thought rare. Individuals began purchasing large quantities of the pieces at face value, and eventually the Treasury ceased exchanging silver certificates for silver coin. Beginning in the 1970s, the Treasury conducted a sale of silver dollars minted at the Carson City Mint through the General Services Administration. In 2006, Morgan's reverse design was used on a silver dollar issued to commemorate the old San Francisco Mint building. World-renowned expert numismatist, enthusiast, author and dealer in authentic ancient Greek, ancient Roman, ancient Byzantine, world coins & more. Ilya Zlobin is an independent individual who has a passion for coin collecting, research and understanding the importance of the historical context and significance all coins and objects represent. Send me a message about this and I can update your invoice should you want this method. Getting your order to you, quickly and securely is a top priority and is taken seriously here.

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Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Certification: Uncertified
Strike Type: Proof
Mint Location: West Point
Year: 1995
Circulated/Uncirculated: Uncirculated