

United States
1 Dollar (US Capitol Visitor Center)
United States · Silver
The coin
The story
The 2001 Capitol Visitor Center Silver Dollar
In 1998 a gunman shot his way past Capitol security and killed two police officers. Three years later, the U.S. Mint sold a silver dollar to help bury a visitor center under the building — and the coin's $10 surcharge went straight into the concrete.
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