One of two commemorative series issued by the United States Mint in 2013 is the 2013 Girl Scouts of the USA Centennial Silver Dollar Commemorative Coins. As the name of the coins indicate, the silver dollars are struck to honor the centennial of the Girl Scouts of the USA and feature obverse and reverse imagery […]

Appearing from the United States Mint in 2013 as one of two commemorative programs was the 2013 5-Star Generals Silver Dollar Commemorative Coins. Designs found on the strikes honor United States Army 5-star generals and are issued in celebration of the 132nd anniversary of the founding of the United States Army Command and General Staff […]

The 2001 Capitol Visitor Center Silver Dollar was issued by the US Mint along with a $5 gold coin and a half dollar clad coin to commemorate Congress convening in the Capitol Building in 1800. The silver coin, along with the two others, were available from February 28, 2001, to March 1, 2002. President George […]

The 2002 Olympic Salt Lake City Silver Dollar was the first of two 2002-dated commemorative silver coin issued by the United States Mint during the year. It was released along with a gold commemorative coin to help support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games as well as the programs of the United States Olympic […]

The 2003 First Flight Centennial Silver Dollar was the only silver commemorative coin to appear from the US Mint during the year. It was issued to mark the 100th anniversary of the Wright brothers’ historic flight near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Along with these silver coins, the US Mint also issued two other commemoratives honoring […]

The second commemorative coin to appear from the US Mint in 2004 was the 2004 Lewis and Clark Bicentennial Silver Dollar. The individual silver commemoratives were released on May 12, 2004, in both proof and uncirculated qualities. Each silver dollar celebrates the "Corps of Discovery" which led Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark into the […]

The 2004 Thomas Edison Silver Dollar was released on February 11, 2004, by the United States Mint to mark the 125th anniversary of the invention of Edison’s light-bulb, as well as his many other achievements. Thomas Edison was born on February 11, 1847, and received very little formal education. Despite that insufficiency, he proved to […]

The 2005 Marine Corps 230th Anniversary Silver Dollar marks the second silver commemorative coin issued by the United States Mint in 2005. Signed into law as the Marine Corps 230th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-291), a maximum of 500,000 were initially authorized to be struck in either proof or uncirculated condition. […]

The 2005 Chief Justice John Marshall Silver Dollar was the first of two silver commemorative coins issued by the US Mint in 2005. The coins were authorized by the John Marshall Commemorative Coin Act (Public Law 108-290) and were available in both proof and uncirculated qualities. Each of commemorative coins were struck to honor former […]

The 2006 Benjamin Franklin Silver Dollars mark the first silver commemorative coins issued by the United States Mint in 2006. The were minted in collector proof and uncirculated qualities. However, whereas most commemorative silver dollars are struck in one design, the US Mint produced two different Benjamin Franklin Silver Dollars. Both were issued to celebrate […]