United States

1 Dollar (Jackie Robinson)

United States · Silver

The coin

The story

The 1997 Jackie Robinson Silver Dollar

In 1947 Jackie Robinson stepped onto a major-league field and changed America. Fifty years later the U.S. Mint put him on a silver dollar — and barely anyone bought the plain version. That accident of indifference turned it into one of the scarcest modern commemoratives in the country.

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Designer

Alfred Maletsky (obverse)

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Era

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Catalogue

Issuer: United States
Metal: Silver

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