# 811 - Modern American Silver Dollar Commemoratives - Part 32

Due to the coronavirus, I am stuck at home and I cannot access part of my stack, where I have coins I have not posted about before.

So we will continue a series that I published almost two years ago, "The Modern American Silver Commemorative Dollars".

This will be a little different series, because the photos are new (I hope better than the old ones) and the text will be different (of course the basics are the same).

The info below comes mostly from: https://moderncommemoratives.com/

"The United States Modern Commemorative Coin program began in 1982. That year, the US Mint released commemorative half dollar coins to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of George Washington. Since that date, commemorative coins have been issued nearly every year to celebrate famous American people, places, events, and institutions.

Each commemorative coin program is authorized under an Act of Congress. The Act typically specifies the subject to be commemorated, the denomination of coins to be issued, and the maximum authorized mintage for each. Additionally, most commemorative coin programs include surcharges added to the cost of each coin, which will be distributed to specified beneficiary organizations or fund projects that benefit the community."

All coins weight 26.73g with 90% silver purity. They were issued in Proof and Brilliant Uncirculated finish.

They will be presented in the order they were minted, but only one of each design. I will alternate the Proofs with the Brilliant Uncirculated.

The thirty-second is the 1996-D MS70 "Smithsonian".

"The 1996 Smithsonian 150th Anniversary Silver Dollar was issued to commemorate the establishment of the Smithsonian Institution by Congress on August 10, 1846. As a point of interest to collectors, at the time of issue the Smithsonian held the National Numismatic Collection, which contains over one million items."

PCGS graded 1,555 1996-D "Smithsonian", with 462 as MS70. 31,230 1996-D "Smithsonian" were minted in Denver.

I bought this coin in 2013 for $163.00 and today's price is around $130.00. The issue price was $32.00.

"The obverse of the Smithsonian Silver Dollar depicts the “Castle” building located on the Mall in Washington, D.C. with laurel leaves to each side. This was the first Smithsonian Institution building.

The obverse was designed by Thomas D. Rogers, Sr."

"The reverse of the coin depicts an allegorical goddess sitting on top of a globe. She carries the torch of knowledge and holds a scroll with the words “art, history and science”.

The reverse was designed by John Mercanti."

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