Little Rock Central High School Desegregation silver dollar
- 90.0% silver
- 10.0% copper
2007 United States commemorative coin
The Little Rock Central High School Desegregation silver dollar is a commemorative coin issued by the United States Mint in 2007.[1] The coin commemorates the desegregation of the high school in the fall of 1957 when nine African-American students enrolled in the school in compliance with the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education.
The obverse of the coin was designed by Richard Alan Masters and sculpted by Charles L. Vickers. It depicts students walking to school accompanied by an armed soldier with nine stars symbolic of the nine students.[1][2] The reverse was designed and engraved by Don Everhart and depicts the school at the time.[1][2]
The coin won the Coin of the Year award from Numismatic News for Best Contemporary Event in 2009.[3]
See also
Numismatics portal
United States portal
- List of United States commemorative coins and medals (2000s)
- United States commemorative coins
References
- ^ a b c "Little Rock Central High School Desegregation Silver Dollar". United States Mint. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
- ^ a b PCGS; PCGS (2020-11-18). "The Little Rock Nine and the 2007 Desegregation Commemorative Dollar". CoinWeek. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
- ^ NMN. "COTY goes to Mongolia". Numismatic News. Retrieved 2022-08-23.
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