5 Dollars Jackie Robinson

Features

Issuer	United States
Period	Federal republic (1776-date)
Type	Non-circulating coin
Year	1997
Value	5 Dollars (5 USD)
Currency	Dollar (1785-date)
Composition	Gold (.900)
Weight	8.359 g
Diameter	21.6 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Number	N# 92884
References	KM# 280 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

50th anniversary of the acceptance of the first black baseball player on a major league team.

Obverse

Robinson in his later years as a civil rights leader and political activist.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
JACKIE ROBINSON
1997
W
IN GOD WE TRUST
LIBERTY

Engraver: T. James Ferrell

T. James Ferrell (born in 1939, in Clayton, New Jersey) graduated from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. In 1969 he joined the staff of medallic artists at the newly founded Franklin Mint. In August 1989, he moved to the United States Mint in Philadelphia.

Designer: William Cousins

Reverse

Baseball with the words “Legacy of Courage” and the dates of Robinson's birth and death “1919-1972”.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
E PLURIBUS UNUM
FIVE DOLLARS
1919 - 1972
Legacy of Courage

Translation: E PLURIBUS UNUM = Out of may, one.

Engraver: John M. Mercanti

John M. Mercanti is an American sculptor and engraver. He was the twelfth Chief Engraver of the United States Mint until his retirement in late 2010.

Designer: James Peed

Edge

Reeded

Mint

Comments

Fifty years ago, American Baseball’s Major League was hobbled by segregation. The field of competition was closed to African Americans.

Then in April 1947, one man braved the taunts and insults, and opened America’s pastime to men of every race and color. Jack Roosevelt Robinson’s athletic prowess and courage on the field was mirrored by the dignity and integrity with which he lived his personal life.

His example has stood for the generations that have followed. And history has accorded a special place for the man that fans of all races came to cheer as “Jackie.”

See also

• 1 Dollar (Jackie Robinson)

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