1 Dollar Bicentennial of the Congress

Features

Issuer	United States
Period	Federal republic (1776-date)
Type	Non-circulating coin
Year	1989
Value	1 Dollar (1 USD)
Currency	Dollar (1785-date)
Composition	Silver (.900)
Weight	26.73 g
Diameter	38.1 mm
Thickness	3.7 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Number	N# 17628
References	KM# 225 Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States. And 5 more volumes.

Commemorative issue

Bicentennial of the Congress

Obverse

A full view of Thomas Crawford’s bronze Statue of Freedom, which was placed atop of the Capitol dome in 1863. Clouds and rays of sunlight appear in the background of the view.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
LIBERTY
1789-1989
S
IN GOD WE TRUST

Engraver: William Woodword

Reverse

The Mace of the House of Representatives

Script: Latin

Lettering:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
E PLURIBUS UNUM
BICENTENNIAL OF THE CONGRESS
ONE DOLLAR
WW CYM

Engravers: William Woodward, Chester Y.martin

Edge

Reeded

Mints

Comments

The 1989 Congress Silver Dollar was offered in proof version struck at the San Francisco Mint and in uncirculated version struck at the Denver Mint. The maximum authorized mintage across both options was 3 million coins. The silver dollars were sold individually or incorporated into different two and three coin sets and one six coin sets. A pre-issued discount price was available before regular pricing went into effect.

1989-D Uncirculated Congress Silver Dollar
Pre-Issue Price: $23.00
Regular Price: $26.00
Final Mintage: 135,203

1989-S Proof Congress Silver Dollar
Pre-Issue Price: $25.00
Regular Price: $29.00
Final Mintage: 762,198

See also

• Fasces

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