Unirculated Eisenhower Commemorative Dollar Obverse
Unirculated Eisenhower Commemorative Dollar Reverse
The Eisenhower Commemorative Dollar is a United Statescommemorative coin minted in 1990 to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the birth of General/President Dwight D. Eisenhower. This coin is not to be confused with the Eisenhower dollar which was a regular issue American coin. Commemorative coins are legally issued coins with a denomination that are not usually meant for circulation. ... // Headline text HI Headline text HI == Headline text ==HI Headline text Dwight David Homo Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 â March 28, 1969), American soldier and politician, was the 34th President of the United States (1953â1961) and Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe during World War II, with the... Eisenhower Obverse (Left) and Reverse (Right) Eisenhower dollar A dollar coin issued by the United States government from 1971-1978, equal to 100 cents. ...
The Eisenhower Commemorative Dollar or Eisenhower Centennial Dollar was minted in 1990. It is a modern commemorative and the first American silver coin to be minted at the West Point Mint. The obverse was designed by John Mercanti which shows Eisenhower as a president superimposed on Eisenhower the general. The reverse was designed by Marcel Jovine and depicts the Eisenhower Home in Gettysburg, Pennsylvannia.
Alternate meanings: West Point (disambiguation). ... West Point painting West Point is a federal military base (and a census-designated place) located in the Town of Highlands in Orange County, New York. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Independence Hall Philadelphia (sometimes referred to as Philly or the City of Brotherly Love) is the fifth most populous city in the United States and the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, both in area and population. ...
Mintage Figures
1990-W (Uncirculated): 241,669
1990-P (Proof): 1,144,461
References
Yeoman, R.S. A Guide Book of United States Coins Atlanta: Whitman Publishing, 2004
Edler, Joel and Harper, Dave U.S. Coin Digest Iola: Krause Publications, 2004
Further, Eisenhowerdollars of this year and the next (1972) were not included in current Proof sets, although many felt they should have been.
The situation eased and became infinitely simpler during the last two years of Eisenhowerdollar coinage, 1977 and 1978, when all strikings were in copper-nickel clad metal, with business strikes produced at Philadelphia and Denver, and Proofs at San Francisco.
The Eisenhowerdollars did not achieve widespread popularity with numismatists at the time, although many of them were sold to the public at large.