2012 $1 Silver Star Spangled Banner Bicentennial Proof (Book)

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Coin Highlights: Contains .7734 oz of Silver. Comes with the U.S. Mint-issued Booklet Obverse: Features the mythical figure of Lady Liberty waving a 15-star, 15-stripe Star-Spangled Banner emblematic of the theme "The Battle of Baltimore at Fort McHenry". Reverse: Depicts a design emblematic of "The Star-Spangled Banner" (the flag) is shown with a modern American flag. Guaranteed by the United States Mint. Add this 2012 Star Spangled Banner Silver proof coin to your cart today! On the morning of September 14, 1814, Francis Scott Key saw a 42 by 30 foot American flag flying over Fort McHenry through clearing smoke caused by a 25-hour British bombardment of Fort McHenry. He was so inspired by the sight that he wrote a verse he called “The Defense of Fort McHenry.” By 1916, these words, sung to the tune of the British melody “To Anacreon in Heaven,” had become so widely popular that they were renamed “The Star-Spangled Banner,” and President Woodrow Wilson ordered they be played at military and naval ceremonies.