1 Dollar Bill of Rights

Congress authorized the Bill of Rights commemorative program in 1992 to mark the 200th anniversary of ratification. The legislation split the program across both the U.S. Mint and — unusually — the Virginia-based James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation, which received a portion of surcharge proceeds. That arrangement reflected a broader congressional push in the early 1990s to tie commemorative surcharges to specific educational endowments rather than the general fund.

Combined mintage across proof and uncirculated strikes fell well short of authorized limits, a pattern that had already begun eroding congressional appetite for annual commemorative programs by mid-decade.