2007-P Little Rock Central High School Desegregation Commemorative Silver Dollar BU

Commemorative Silver Dollar Honors The “Little Rock Nine”

In 2007, the hate and venom spewed at schoolchildren due to the color of their skin seemed like something that had occurred a million years earlier. In reality, however, it had been only 50 years since the United States Supreme Court had declared that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional thus paving the way for the “Little Rock Nine” to become the first African American students to enter Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. This coin released on the 50th Anniversary of that historic moment in our nation’s history recognizes and pays tribute to the strength, determination, and courage displayed by nine ordinary teenagers who walked out of their homes and stepped up to the front lines in the battle for civil rights for all Americans in the fall of 1957.

Simple-Yet-Powerful Design Pays Tribute To Desegregation In Education

The obverse of this coin features a simple-yet-powerful design that depicts the students, accompanied by an armed soldier, walking to school. The design includes nine stars symbolizing the students—Ernest Green, Elizabeth Eckford, Jefferson Thomas, Terrence Roberts, Carlotta Walls LaNier, Minnijean Brown, Gloria Ray Karlmark, Thelma Mothershed, and Melba Pattillo Beals—who faced the violence and hatred of a segregated society unwilling to live by the words of its most important declaration, that “all men are created equal.” The design is further augment by a legend that reads: “DESEGREGATION IN EDUCATION.” The coin’s reverse shows an image of Little Rock’s Central High School as it looked in 1957. The building, which still operates as an educational institution, was designated a National Historic Site in 1998.

Marking An Important Step In The Country’s Quest For Racial Equality In Public Education

Struck in highly pure 90% fine silver by the “Mother Mint” in Philadelphia, this legal tender commemorative silver dollar is from a one-year-only mintage of just 66,093 Uncirculated coins. Sales for the coin went to aid in the protection, preservation, and interpretation of resources and stories associated with Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site. The events in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957 were an important step in the country’s quest for racial equality in public education. For anyone who loves America, equal rights for all, and our nation’s rich and sometimes conflicted past, this coin is an absolute must-have. Add one to your collection today!

COIN HIGHLIGHTS:

• CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF DESEGREGATION – This coin was released to commemorate the 50th anniversary desegregation in Little Rock, Arkansas. The obverse depicts students, accompanied by an armed soldier, walking to school while the coin’s reverse shows an image of Little Rock’s Central High School as it looked in 1957.
• STRUCK IN HIGHLY PURE SILVER – Each Little Rock Central High School Desegregation Commemorative Silver Dollar was struck by the Philadelphia Min in 26.73 grams of highly pure 90% fine silver.
• UNITED SATTES LEGAL TENDER – These 2007-dated Little Rock Central High School Desegregation Commemorative Silver Dollars are $1 legal tender and measure 38.1 mm in diameter.
• BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED CONDITION – Your 2007-P Little Rock Central High School Desegregation Commemorative Silver Dollar will come in gleaming Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) condition.
• ONE-YEAR-ONLY LIMITED RELEASE – Just 66,093 of these 2007-P Little Rock Central High School Desegregation Commemorative Silver Dollars were released in Uncirculated condition.

Pay tribute to 50 years of equal rights with the 2007-P Little Rock Central High School Desegregation Commemorative Silver Dollar. This poetic 90% silver coin comes in dazzling Brilliant Uncirculated (BU) condition. Don’t wait, order yours now!