Coins are an ideal way to celebrate ideals or to mark historical events. In this spirit, the US Congress has actually been authorizing commemorative coins for over 117 years. The Lafayette Silver Dollar is one of the most coveted US commemoratives, as well as one of the most fascinating. It was issued in to help finance the erection of a statue in Paris as part of the US exhibit at the Paris Exposition in 1900. The statue paid tribute to the Marquis de Lafayette, the French nobleman who was one of George Washington’s most trusted aids during the Revolutionary War. Lafayette and Washington’s portraits appear on the obverse of this coin – making it the first US coin EVER to feature the image of an actual American.
This coin was the first silver dollar US commemorative (and the ONLY commemorative dollar for many years) which has added to its great popularity among collectors. Even though the coin features the 1900 date of the Paris Exposition, the entire mintage was actually struck in a single day in 1899. Some 50,000 pieces were originally struck and over 14,000 were later melted. Many of those coins that survived the initial melt entered into circulation, making gem-quality uncirculated specimen rare and very highly-prized. We have secured a very limited hoard of 1900 Lafayette Silver Dollars preserved for decades in highly-detailed About Uncirculated (AU) condition. Get yours today!
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