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"Louis Braille" Bicentennial Silver Dollar, 2009
"Louis Braille" Bicentennial Silver Dollar, 2009
€75.00
Code:
SCREG058
Weight:
31.0000000 Kg.
In Stock:
2
Category:
Metal:
silver 900
Weight:
26,73gr
Diameter:
38,1 mm
Country of origin:
USA
Mintage:
400000
Recommended:
collecting, gift
Included:
case, certificate of authenticity
Status:
in store
Louis Braille silver dollars were presented on March 26 at the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) ceremony in Baltimore. The commemorative dollar is dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the birth of Louis Braille, the inventor of the Braille system that allows the blind and partially sighted to read and write.
The U.S. Mint first demonstrated the design of the coin in 2008. July. during the annual NSF convention in Dallas, Texas. Edmund Moy, president of the U.S. Mint, said during the presentation: “For the first time in history, the U.S. has a Braille coin. Louis Braille’s personalized silver dollar is a tribute to the system’s developer, who has played an important role in eradicating illiteracy and strengthening the independence of the blind.
The obverse of the coin depicts the designer of the system, Louis Braille.
The reverse depicts a blind child reading a book. The word "independence" is on the left side of the child's bookshelf.
As Edmund Mojus said, this coin is the first in the U.S. to read Braille. The other three coins are from the Alabama Quarter and the 1995 and 1996 coins. Paralympic coins - there were also Braille characters, but they were too small to read.