The Frederick Douglass National Historic Site Silver Uncirculated Coin will be released by the US Mint in 2017. The reverse of the silver uncirculated coin will feature an image emblematic of the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site found in the District of Columbia. As of this posting, a release date was not known for the coin.
The strike will mark the second issue in 2017 of the America the Beautiful Five Ounce Silver Uncirculated Coin™ Program and the thirty-seventh for the series overall. Coins of this series are considered the numismatic versions of the America the Beautiful Silver Bullion Coin™ Program and feature similar specifications to those bullion coins including being struck from five ounces of .999 fine silver to a diameter of three inches.
Both programs take their basic designs from a third US Mint series – the America the Beautiful Quarters® Program. This likeness is not by chance as Congress dictated the related bullion coins feature the same images as those quarters and these uncirculated coins are struck to resemble the bullion coins.
Shown on the obverse of each coin in all three series will be the same John Flanagan portrait of George Washington. This portrait was first seen on quarter dollars in 1932 and has been in use on the quarters in one form or another ever since. Also shown on the obverse will be the inscriptions of UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, LIBERTY, IN GOD WE TRUST and QUARTER DOLLAR.
The reverse will include the design honoring a specific site of national interest, like the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site is featured on the reverse of this specific coin. This design will be surrounded by the inscriptions of FREDERICK DOUGLASS, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 2017 and E PLURIBUS UNUM.
Frederick Douglass National Historic Site in the District of Columbia
The Frederick Douglass National Historic Site in the District of Columbia was officially established by Congress on February 12, 1988, however, the federal government assumed the deed for the property in 1962. It actually preserves the home of noted African American Frederick Douglass which he called Cedar Hill.
Douglass was a former slave who escaped to freedom to become one of the most prominent writer, orator and statesman of his time. His work revolved around equality for all.
