A young girl sitting alone and gazing upward into the branches of an oak tree looking for help. The empty space around the girl is deliberate and meant to show the child’s sense of loneliness, isolation, and helplessness.
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
BOYS TOWN
P
When you help a child today…
IN GOD WE TRUST
LIBERTY
1917-2017
Reverse description
An oak tree offering shelter and a sense of belonging to the family holding hands below it, which includes the girl from the obverse.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
…you write the history of tomorrow
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
ONE DOLLAR
E PLURIBUS UNUM
Edge
Reeded
Mint
P United States Mint of Philadelphia, United States (1792-date)