Description
2016-P US Mark Twain Commemorative BU Silver Dollar
This listing is for the COIN in CAPSULE ONLY and does NOT include OGP
The United States Mint certifies that this coin is a genuine 2016 Mark Twain Silver Dollar, minted and issued in accordance with legislation passed by Congress and signed by the President on December 4, 2012, as Public Law 112-201. This coin was minted by the Department of the Treasury, United States Mint in commemoration of the literary and educational legacy of Samuel Clemens, better known as Mark Twain. This coin is legal tender of the United States.
Coin Designs
The obverse (heads side) design of the 2016 Mark Twain features a portrait of Mark Twain holding a pipe with the smoke forming a silhouette of Huck Finn and Jim on a raft in the background. Inscriptions are "LIBERTY," "IN GOD WE TRUST" and "2016."
The reverse (tails) features an assortment of characters leaping to life from Mark Twains works: The knight and horse from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, the frog from The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, and Jim and Huck from Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The inscriptions are "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA," "E PLURIBUS UNUM," and "$1."
This listing uses "Reference Images"
The "Reference Images" used in this listing Description were created by Liberty Coin for reference only to depict the quality of the item you will receive. You will NOT receive the exact item, with the same certificate number, that was photographed to create the Reference Images. However, the actual item you will receive is guaranteed to be similar to that shown and exactly as described.
This listing is for the COIN in CAPSULE ONLY and does NOT include OGP
The United States Mint certifies that this coin is a genuine 2016 Mark Twain Silver Dollar, minted and issued in accordance with legislation passed by Congress and signed by the President on December 4, 2012, as Public Law 112-201. This coin was minted by the Department of the Treasury, United States Mint in commemoration of the literary and educational legacy of Samuel Clemens, better known as Mark Twain. This coin is legal tender of the United States.
Coin Designs
The obverse (heads side) design of the 2016 Mark Twain features a portrait of Mark Twain holding a pipe with the smoke forming a silhouette of Huck Finn and Jim on a raft in the background. Inscriptions are "LIBERTY," "IN GOD WE TRUST" and "2016."
The reverse (tails) features an assortment of characters leaping to life from Mark Twains works: The knight and horse from A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, the frog from The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, and Jim and Huck from Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The inscriptions are "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA," "E PLURIBUS UNUM," and "$1."
This listing uses "Reference Images"
The "Reference Images" used in this listing Description were created by Liberty Coin for reference only to depict the quality of the item you will receive. You will NOT receive the exact item, with the same certificate number, that was photographed to create the Reference Images. However, the actual item you will receive is guaranteed to be similar to that shown and exactly as described.
SPECIFICATIONS | |
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AMW: | 0.7734 |
AMW UOM: | troy oz |
Certification: | Uncertified |
Composition: | Silver |
Denomination: | $1 |
Designer: | Chris Costello (obverse), Patricia Lucas-Morris (reverse) |
Diameter: | 38.1 |
Diameter UOM: | mm |
Edge Type: | Reeded |
Fineness: | 0.900 |
Metal Content: | .900 silver, .100 copper |
Mint Location: | Philadelphia |
Mint Mark: | P |
Packaging: | Coin in Capsule |
Weight: | 26.73 |
Weight UOM: | gr |
YearIssued: | 2016 |