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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jody526, post: 12680, member: 578&quot;]Thanks to everybody that worked so hard on trying to come up with the right answer.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The commemorative Lafayette silver dollar of 1900 was issued in conjunction with the erection of an equestrian statue of Lafayette in Paris during the Exposition of 1900.</p><p>Both the statue and the enabling coin were an expression of gratitude for Lafayette&quot;s contribution to the rebel cause during the American War for Independance.</p><p>It is numismatically significant in being the first U.S. commemoritive coin of one dollar denomination, and the first authorized U.S. coin to bear the poitrait of one of our presidents (Washington).</p><p>The coin was sold by the Lafayette Memorial Commission for $2.00 each and the profits, augmented by contributions ($50,000) of American school children, paid for the erection of the statue.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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