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U.S. Mint May Strike Up to 1/2 Million Robert Kennedy Silver Dollars

To commemorate the life and work of the late Robert F. Kennedy, the United States Mint will strike up to 500,000 commemorative silver dollars. The proof coin will cost $33 and the uncirculated coin will cost $30. Ten dollars from each coin sold will go to the Robert Kennedy Memorial, a non-profit organization created to support Kennedy's humanitarian mission. The Robert F. Kennedy Memorial silver dollar will also be offered as part of a two-coin set along with the John F. Kennedy silver half dollar.

Kennedy was United States Attorney General from 1960 to 1964 and United States Senator from New York from 1964 to 1968. He was then a candidate for the Democratic Party's nomination in the 1968 presidential primaries. In June, 1968, at age 42, he was assassinated.

The Robert F. Kennedy Memorial includes the National Project for At-Risk Youth, which helps youths with drug and alcohol addiction; the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Human Rights, which supports projects that resist oppression, persecution and abuse worldwide and the Robert F. Kennedy Awards, which honor individuals for their humanitarian efforts.

Silver News - February/March 1998