| Denomination: | $1 |
| Country: | United States |
| Mass G: | 26.73 |
| Diameter Mm: | 38.1 |
| Diameter Inch: | 1.5 |
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| Years Of Minting: | 2007 |
| Catalogue Number: | --> |
| Obverse: | File:2007_Little_Rock_Central_High_School_Dollar_Obverse.jpg |
| Reverse: | File:2007_Little_Rock_Central_High_School_Dollar_Reverse.jpg |
The Little Rock Central High School Desegregation silver dollar is a commemorative coin issued by the United States Mint in 2007.[1] The coin commemorates the desegregation of the high school in the fall of 1957 when nine African-American students enrolled in the school in compliance with the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education.
The obverse of the coin was designed by Richard Alan Masters and sculpted by Charles L. Vickers. It depicts students walking to school accompanied by an armed soldier with nine stars symbolic of the nine students.[2] The reverse was designed and engraved by Don Everhart and depicts the school at the time.[2]
The coin won the Coin of the Year award from Numismatic News for Best Contemporary Event in 2009.[3]