Jackie Robinson Commemorative Silver Dollar Coin

By an official Act of Congress, the United States Mint was commissioned to strike gold and silver commemorative coins honoring the American sports legend Jackie Robinson. Mintage limits were 100,000 $5 gold coins and 200,000 $1 silver coins -- the lowest number of authorized silver coins in the modern commemorative era.

Obverse design: Depicts Robinson stealing home plate, as he did during a 1955 World Series between the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Reverse design: Features the Jackie Robinson Foundation's 50th anniversary logo of Robinson's breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball. An identical 50th anniversary commemorative patch was also worn by all Major League Baseball players during the 1997 season.

• LIBERTY
• IN GOD WE TRUST
• 1997

• UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
• ROOKIE OF THE YEAR 1947
• HALL OF FAME 1962
• E PLURIBUS UNUM
• ONE DOLLAR