See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration! or register with email

Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!

1 Dollar Library of Congress

Issuer United States Mint
Year 2000
Type Non-circulating coin
Value Log in to see details
Currency Log in to see details
Composition Log in to see details
Weight Log in to see details
Diameter Log in to see details
Thickness Log in to see details
Shape Log in to see details
Technique Log in to see details
Orientation Log in to see details
Engraver(s) Log in to see details
In circulation to Log in to see details
Reference(s) Log in to see details
Obverse description The obverse presents an allegorical composition featuring two books in the central field: one open volume with its spine resting atop a closed book, symbolizing knowledge and learning. Rising prominently in the background is the torch of learning, rendered in fine relief. The legend LIBRARY OF CONGRESS arcs along the upper periphery, flanked by the centennial dates 1800 and 2000, while IN GOD WE TRUST and LIBERTY appear in the field, with the engraver's initials TDR inscribed below.
Obverse script Log in to see details
Obverse lettering LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 1800 2000 IN GOD WE TRUST LIBERTY TDR
Reverse description Log in to see details
Reverse script Log in to see details
Reverse lettering Log in to see details
Edge Log in to see details
Mint Log in to see details
Mintage Log in to see details
Additional information

Authorized under the Library of Congress Bicentennial Coin Act of 1998, this issue was part of a two-coin program that also included a bimetallic ten-dollar gold and platinum piece — the first U.S. coin to combine those two metals. Sales were sluggish; the program's ambitious pricing structure dampened collector demand, and final mintage figures for the silver dollar came in well below authorized limits.

YOU MAY ALSO LIKE