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This set adds the Ellis Island Half Dollar to make an attractive complimentary set. Like the dollar coin, this coin was first struck on October 18, 1985 with production continuing through 1986. The Statue of Liberty Half Dollar is minted in copper-nickel. The Statue of Liberty Silver Dollar coin is minted in 90% silver. Both coins were authorized in commemoration of the centennial of the Statue of Liberty. The designs of both coins are described below.
The Ellis Island Dollar obverse inscriptions are Ellis Island, Gateway to America in the left field and In God We Trust and the Mint Mark is in the right field along Lady Liberty's bottom skirt line. Liberty boldly spans the arc of the rim from 11:00 to 3:00. The 1986 date is set in the in the base at the bottom of the obverse.
The reverse of the Dollar coin features the Blazing torch that Lady Liberty holds high the blazing beacon of Freedom. Inscribed in the fields crossing the handle of the torch are the words form Emma Lazarus' poem; “Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses Yearning to Breath Free”. United Sates of America spans the the rim from 9:00 to 3:00 accented by the bright light of Liberty's torch. At the bottom of the coin is E Pluribus Unum and the denomination One Dollar at the bottom.
The Ellis Island Half Dollar obverse features a large sun shedding it light on the Statue of Liberty reflecting the bright promise of freedom offered by the welcoming Lady Liberty standing watch over the harbor. The words Liberty and In God We Trust circle the inside of the rim framing the coins design from 8:00 to 4:00.
The reverse of the Half Dollar coin features an immigrant family standing of the dock at Ellis Island looking across the harbor to the promise of a new opportunities. United States of America frames the design from 9:00 to 3:00. Inside and centered at the top of the coin are the words A Nation of Immigrants. E Pluribus Unum and Half Dollar unobtrusively arc the bottom of the coin.
As specified in Public Law 99-61, the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, Inc. was to use the funds collected from coin sale surcharges to restore and renovate the Statue of Liberty and the facilities used for immigration at Ellis Island and to establish an endowment that would ensure the continued upkeep and maintenance of these monuments
This two coin set comes packaged in the original U.S. Mint packaging with the Certificate of Authenticity.