2007 Jamestown 400th Anniversary Commemorative Silver Dollar
The 2007 Jamestown 400th Anniversary Commemorative Silver Dollar is one of the most beautiful coins ever issued by the United States Mint. In fact, it just won the coin of the year award for best historical coin. The 2007 Jamestown Commemorative Silver Dollar will go down as won of the best modern commemorative coins produced by the US Mint.
2007 Jamestown 400th Anniversary Commemorative Silver Dollar
The 2007 Jamestown Commemorative Silver Dollar honors the brave men and women who settled Jamestown, Virginia in 1607. The obverse of the Jamestown commemorative coin shows three cultures coming together in Jamestown – the Europeans, American Indians and Africans. The reverse design is of the three ships that were used by the settlers when sailing to Jamestown.
One interesting thing about the design of the 2007 Jamestown 400th Anniversary Commemorative Silver Dollar is that there were different designers for the obverse and the reverse. Donna Weaver designed the obverse and Don Everhart did the sculpting. The reverse design was done by Susan Gamble and sculpting by Charles Vickers.
As a little trivia question, do you know the name of the three boats on the 2007 Jamestown 400th Anniversary Commemorative Silver Dollar? If so, tell me the answer in the comments below.
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Comments (1)
February 25th, 2009 at 8:51 am
Had to cheat and use wikipedia: Susan Constant, Godspeed, and the Discovery.
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