New coin to commerate Louis Braille
The first American coin with readable Braille characters will be a silver dollar commemorating the 200th anniversary of the birth of Louis Braille, creator of the alphabet for people with visual impairments. The new design was recently unveiled by the National Federation of the Blind and the United States Mint.
The front of the coin shows the word “Liberty” above an image of Louis Braille. The back features the Braille code for the word Braille, Brl, which is inscribed above a description of a boy reading a Braille book.
Although other coins distributed by the Mint can be distinguished by size and weight, the silver dollar will be the first coin to have Braille characters. The new coin will be available in spring of 2009.
I read that the coin will be silver. There is more information on http://www.braille.org.
Lorraine
January 12, 2009 at 6:19 pm