

United States
1 Dollar (American Legion 100th Anniversary)
United States · Silver
The coin
The story
The American Legion Centennial Silver Dollar
In March 1919, a few thousand restless American soldiers, still in France with the war over, met in Paris and founded the American Legion. A century later the U.S. Mint marked the moment with a silver dollar — and put a French fleur-de-lis right on the back of it.
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