Forsythe's Silver Statehood Proofs
2006-S SILVER SOUTH DAKOTA

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Release date: November 6, 2006
Entered Statehood: November 2, 1889
Mintage: 510,800,000
Reverse: Mount Rushmore, Ring-necked Pheasant (state bird), Wheat (state grass).
Engraver: John Mercanti
Interesting fact: Laura Ingalls Wilder, whose semi-autobiographical books center around her experiences as a child and young adult on the frontier, is one of South Dakota's best-known writers. She used her experiences growing up on a homestead near De Smet as the basis for four of her novels: By the Shores of Silver Lake, The Long Winter, Little Town on the Prairie, and The First Four Years.