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  • 1 Dollar 2007, KM# 405, United States of America (USA), 400th Anniversary of the Settlement at Jamestown
  • 1 Dollar 2007, KM# 405, United States of America (USA), 400th Anniversary of the Settlement at Jamestown
Description

Along with a $5 gold coin, the 2007 Jamestown Silver Dollar was issued to mark the 400th anniversary of the settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. Three ships, the Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery carried 105 settlers to the New World to establish the first permanent English settlement in what would become America.

The 400th anniversary of Jamestown had also been the subject of the Virginia State Quarter, released in 2000. The quarter also featured an image of the three ships that bought the settlers to Jamestown and carried the dual date of the anniversary.

Obverse

Depicts three faces of diversity (African, Captain John Smith and an American Indian), to represent the three cultures that came together at Jamestown. The inscriptions read “Liberty”, “In God We Trust”, “Founding Jamestown”, and the anniversary dates “1607 – 2007”.

John Smith (1580–1631) was an English soldier, explorer, colonial governor, Admiral of New England, and author. He played an important role in the establishment of the colony at Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in America, in the early 17th century. He was a leader of the Virginia Colony between September 1608 and August 1609, and he led an exploration along the rivers of Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay, during which he became the first English explorer to map the Chesapeake Bay area. Later, he explored and mapped the coast of New England.

Design: Donna Weaver
Modelling: Don Everhart

LIBERTY
IN GOD WE TRUST
FOUNDING JAMESTOWN
DW DE
1607 - 2007

Reverse

Depicts the three ships Susan Constant, Godspeed, and the Discovery, which brought the first settlers to Jamestown, with inscriptions “United States of America”, “E Pluribus Unum”, and “One Dollar”.

Design: Susan Gamble
Modelled: Charles Vickers

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CLV
E PLURIBUS
UNUM
SG P
ONE DOLLAR

Edge
Characteristics
Type Commemorative Issue (Non-circulating)
Material Silver
Fineness 0.900
Weight 26.73 g
Diameter 38.1 mm
Thickness -
Shape round
Alignment Coin
Mint
Philadelphia Mint (P)

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Half Eagle

400th Anniversary of the Settlement at Jamestown

Gold, 8.359 g, ⌀ 21.6 mm