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1 Dollar (Statue of Liberty) , United States
1986

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Reverse
Coin Details
Obverse
Description:
The Statue of Liberty with the main building of Ellis Island in the background.
Script:
Latin
Lettering:
LIBERTY ELLIS ISLAND GATEWAY TO AMERICA IN GOD WE TRUST S JM 1986
Engravers:
John M. Mercanti
Reverse
Description:
The statue’s hand with a lit torch are depicted with the concluding words of Emma Lazarus’s poem The New Colossus.
Script:
Latin
Lettering:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA GIVE ME YOUR TIRED, YOUR POOR, YOUR HUDDLED MASSES YEARNING TO BREATH FREE E PLURIBUS UNUM MP JM ONE DOLLAR
Engravers:
John M. MercantiMatthew Peloso
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