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Production Process: Proof Coin Type: Commemorative Denomination: Silver Dollar Authorized Mintage Maximum: 500,000 Production Facility: Philadelphia Public Law Number: 104 Congressional Number: 329 Approval Date: 10/20/1996
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Yellowstone National Park Commemorative Coin - 1999
Production Process: Proof Coin Type: Commemorative Denomination: Silver Dollar Authorized Mintage Maximum: 500,000 Production Facility: Philadelphia Public Law Number: 104 Congressional Number: 329 Approval Date: 10/20/1996
Obverse Description:
Obverse Designer 2:
Released on July 16, 1999, this coin commemorates the 125th anniversary of the establishment of Yellowstone National Park. President Ulysses S. Grant signed the law establishing Yellowstone Park in 1872. The design on the coin is an image of spouting geyser with the park's tree-lined landscape in the background. The coin is inscribed: Yellowstone, In God We Trust, Liberty, and 1999.
Obverse Designer:
Edgar Z. Steever
Obverse Designer 2:
N/A
Reverse Description:
Reverse Designer 2:
The coin features an image of the American buffalo on the plains, with a brilliant sun rising above the mountains in the background. It is inscribed: United States of America, E Pluribus Unum, and One Dollar.
Reverse Designer:
William C. Cousins
Reverse Designer 2:
N/A
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