# 278 - Dolley Madison
Continuing the Modern Commemoratives Dollar series, we will present you today the 1999 "Dolley Madison" graded by PCGS PR70 DCAM.
All coins of this series weight 26.73g with 90% silver purity. They were issued in Proof and Brilliant Uncirculated finish.
They will be presented in the order they were minted.
This coin represents the first time that a First Lady was depicted on a United States coin and it was issued to mark the 150th anniversary of her death.
The obverse of the coin features Dolley Madison on the ground of the Montpelier estate. The design was based on a portrait of Dolley Madison by Gilbert Stuart.
The reverse of the coin features a view of Montpelier with landscaping.
A total of 224,403 coins were minted in Philadelphia. The issue price was U$37.00. The actual price is around U$150.00 in this grade.
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Do you know what she did to deserve being in a commemorative coin?
She was noted for holding Washington social functions in which she invited members of both political parties, essentially spearheading the concept of bipartisan cooperation, albeit before that term was in use, in the United States. While previously, founders such as Thomas Jefferson would only meet with members of one party at a time, and politics could often be a violent affair resulting in physical altercations and even duels, Madison helped to create the idea that members of each party could amicably socialize, network, and negotiate with each other without resulting in violence. By innovating political institutions as the wife of James Madison, Dolley Madison did much to define the role of the President's spouse, known only much later by the title First Lady—a function she had sometimes performed earlier for the widowed Thomas Jefferson.
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Beautiful coin brother!! She is also the reason we have an original portrait of Washington in the White House to this day. She ordered it saved when the White House was burned down in the War of 1812. Thanks for sharing!
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