Wednesday, August 13, 2008

U.S. Unveils 2009 Louis Braille Silver Dollar

As you can see from the time of this post, I’m once again up late. I was hoping to catch the US Men’s Senior National Basketball Team play Angola on replay, but I can't find it. I have 500 cable channels and not one is replaying the game! So, I thought I would add one more piece of interesting information.

On July 2 2008, the U.S. Mint unveiled the design of the 2009 Louis Braille Bicentennial Silver Dollar at the National Federation of the Blind's annual convention in Dallas, Texas. The Braille Silver Dollar is the first coin minted in the United States to feature readable Braille characters. The coin will go on sale in the spring of 2009, the bicentennial anniversary of Louis Braille's birth.

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