2000 US Mint Library of Congress Commemorative Silver Dollar Coin-Business Strike

These commemorative coins are called the coins of many firsts. The first commemorative coins of the new Century, The Silver Dollar shows the Torch of Learning and an open book on the obverse and the Thomas Jefferson Building dome on the reverse. The coin features an open book superimposed over the torch of learning. The coin features an architectural rendering of the dome on the Library of Congress' Jefferson building.