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The 2009 Louis Braille Bicentennial Silver Dollar 

Proof Dollar: Introductory Price: $37.95, Regular Price: $41.95
Uncirculated Coin: Introductory Price: $31.95, Regular Price: $33.95


How to Order
Visit www.usmint.gov or call 1-800-USA-MINT
TTY: 1-800-321-MINT

About the Coin

• The 2009 Louis Braille Bicentennial Silver Dollar is considered U.S. legal tender.
• Both the proof and uncirculated coins are composed of 90 percent silver and 10 percent copper.
• The proof coin has a mirror-like background and a frost foreground.  The blanks specially treated and the dies are highly polished to create this cameo effect. 
• Mintage limit: 400,000.
• Sales begin March 26, 2009, at 12:00 noon (Eastern Time). Introductory period ends at 5:00 p.m. on April 27, 2009.
• Check www.usmint.gov for additional product and purchasing information.                               

The 2009 Louis Braille Bicentennial Silver Dollar commemorates the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of Louis Braille, inventor of the Braille system, which is used by the blind to read and write. Now, for the first time in history, a United States coin features readable Braille and is available in both proof and uncirculated versions. Surcharges from sales of the 2009 Louis Braille Bicentennial Silver Dollar are authorized to be paid to the National Federation of the Blind to further its Braille literacy programs. For more information about the NFB’s Braille literacy programs, please visit www.Braille.org.

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