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1 Dollar (Mount Rushmore)

United States · Silver

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The 1991 Mount Rushmore Silver Dollar

Fifty years after the last drill came off Mount Rushmore, Congress did something unusual: it ordered a coin to help pay for the mountain's upkeep. The 1991 silver dollar put the Shrine of Democracy in your hand — and put a few dollars back into the rock.

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