FOR THEY ARE FOREVER RELEVENT
1998 S BLACK PATRIOTS S$1, MINT STATE


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Set Details
Origin/Country: United States
Design Description: MODERN COMMEMORATIVES
Item Description: S$1 1998 S BLACK PATRIOTS
Grade: NGC MS 70
Owner: RMK-Collectibles
 
Winning Set: FOR THEY ARE FOREVER RELEVENT
Date Added: 4/5/2013
Research: See NGC's Census Report for this Coin

Owner's Description

NGC UNIVERSAL ID 28UR. Catalog #KM-288. Mintage: 37,210. Population: 268. Pre-issue Price: $30.00. Regular Price: $32.00.
This Commemorative honors the 275th anniversary of the birth of Crispus Attucks. He was an American slave a merchant seaman and dockworker of Wampanoag and of African decent. He was the first patriot killed in the Boston Massacre that occured in 1770. This was one of the events that led up to the Revolutionary War. Although the extent of his participation in the events that led to the massacre is unclear, in the 18th century he became an icon of the anti slavery movement.
Obverse shows bust of Crispus Attucks designed by John Mercanti, altho no known likeness of Crispus Attucks exists.
Reverse is a rendering of the Black Patriots Memorial by Ed White.

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