Jamestown 400th Anniversary silver dollar

Jamestown 400th Anniversary silver dollar

Infobox Coin
Country = United States
Denomination = Dollar
Value = 1
Unit = U.S. Dollar
Mass = 26.730
Diameter = 1.50 inches
Thickness = ?
Edge = Reeded
Composition = 90%Ag/10%Cu
Years of Minting = 2007
Catalog Number = ?
Obverse = jtsdobv.jpg
Obverse Design = The "Three Faces of Diversity" of Jamestown including an African, Captain John Smith and an American Indian. Inscriptions: "Liberty", "In God We Trust", "Founding Jamestown" "1607 - 2007"
Obverse Designer = Donna Weaver
Obverse Design Date = 2007
Reverse = jtsdrerv.jpg
Reverse Design = Depiction of the three ships Susan Constant, Godspeed, and the Discovery which brought the first settlers to Jamestown. Inscriptions: "United States of America", "One Dollar", "E Pluribus Unum" & mint mark 'P'
Reverse Designer = Susan Gamble
Reverse Design Date = 2007

In 2007, the United States Mint released a silver dollar commemorative coin which commemorates the 400th year after the founding of Jamestown. Surcharges from the sale of the Jamestown commemorative were donated to Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation of the Commonwealth of Virginia, the Secretary of the Interior and the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities to support programs that promote the understanding of the legacies of Jamestown.

The coin is being sold as both as a proof coin and an uncirculated coin, with a maximum coinage of 500,000 coins.

Features

Coin Finishes: proof, and uncirculated

Maximum Mintage: 500,000

U.S. Mint Facility: Philadelphia Mint (P)

Public Law: 108-289


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