Thread: TRIVIA: Statue of Liberty Coins.

Do you have one or all of these (photos courtesy of coin page?

http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-1598.html


http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-1603.html


http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-5259.html


Yes, those are all 1986 Statue of Liberty Commemorative coins. As you know the Statue of Liberty (French: Statue de la Liberté), officially titled Liberty Enlightening the World (French: la Liberté éclairant le monde), dedicated on October 28, 1886, is a monument commemorating the centennial of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence, given to the United States by the people of France to represent the friendship between the two countries established during the American Revolution. It represents a woman wearing a stola, a radiant crown and sandals trampling a broken chain, carrying a torch in her raised right hand and a tabula ansata where the date of the Declaration of Independence JULY IV MDCCLXXVI (July 4,1776) is inscribed, in her left arm. Standing on Liberty Island (then Patmos Island) in New York Harbor. It welcomes visitors, immigrants, and returning Americans traveling by ship.


Now that I have your attention, I want to direct it to another Statue of Liberty commemorative coin that belongs in your coin collection right beside the USA silver Half Dollar & Dollar plus the USA gold Five Dollar Statue of Liberty commemoratives pictured above. Photo courtesy of Don's World Coin Gallery:


http://worldcoingallery.com/countrie...nce%20km%20960



And maybe you want to add one of these dated from 1921 through 1935 to the group (photo courtesy of Coin Page and Roundmetal):


http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-1142.html



Thought you should know...


Clinker

Originally Posted by CamaroDMD

I had never seen the French coin before...but certainly a nice issue that belongs in a Statue of Liberty set. Thanks Clinker for another great post!

Good to hear from you. I missed your comments. Thanks

Clinker

I just sold my three piece uncirculated liberty set. It was that or copper and I'm REALLY into copper. Unusual to have three different mints included in a single set, Denver Half, Philadelphia Dollar and West Point $5.

Here is another coin from France that features the Statue of Liberty. It was issued in 2004 and commemorates F. A. Bartholdi, the sculptor who designed the statue. The other side shows Bartholdi and his Belfort Lion sculpture.

http://www.talismancoins.com/catalog...tholdi_20E.jpg

Christian

Statue of Liberty Reverse of the Presidential Dollar



2009 Platinum Eagle:



2001 New York State Quarter Dollar:

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Originally Posted by Troodon

Second part of this article from the top of the page:

http://www.x-entertainment.com/articles/0956/

Has the original 1986 TV commercial for these coins. 24 years later, still no flying cars!

I have the first one; it's the first commemorative coin I ever bought, and was very early into my coin collecting days. I remember in 1984 when I lived on Kadena AB in Okinawa, Japan, raising money for the Statue of Liberty renovation; I also remember watching the unveiling of the Statue of Liberty post-restoration in celebration of its centennial. I've long since lost the coin's original packaging, and had it slabbed by ANACS more for the sake of getting rid of the scratched plastic capsule than caring what it graded (PR-69 DCAM in case you're curious). It's probably only worth about what I paid if you adjust for inflation, but has a lot of sentimental value. I still remember how excited it was when I got it after having my parents order it for me (I still paid for it, but obviously didn't have a checkbook as I was only 10 at the time, so they had to do the ordering).

In addition to those commemoratives you linked, the Statue of Liberty has also appeared on these regular (more or less) US coins:

2002 New York state quarter
All American Platinum Eagles, 1997 to present
All presidential dollars, 2007 to present

As pictured above.