Commemorative Coin
- Description
- Commemorative coin featuring a rendering of the Daniel Libeskind Freedom Tower design proposal, along with the date July 4, 2004, and the slogan “In God We Trust.” The reverse of the coin features a drawing of the original World Trade Center Twin Towers alongside with the words “One Dollar” and “We Will Never Forget.”
- Historical Notes
- Established in 2001 after the attacks, the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC) received $2.8 billion in federal funding to support plans for revitalizing downtown, including rebuilding the World Trade Center site. The LMDC held hundreds of public hearings and consulted with the 9/11 community as plans for the site developed. In 2003, through a process led by New York Governor George Pataki and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the LMDC selected Studio Daniel Libeskind to create a master plan for the new World Trade Center.
Libeskind’s Memory Foundations site plan included a spiral of towersthe tallest rising 1,776 feetencircling a memorial that preserved the towers’ footprints. A portion of the foundation slurry wall would also remain. In 2003, an open competition for the memorial design received 5,201 entries from 63 countries. A jury selected Reflecting Absence, submitted by the architect Michael Arad and completed with Peter Walker Partners.
- Accession Number: C.2015.238.1
- Dimensions: 1.75 in
- Dimensions (Metric): 4.445 cm
- Source: BJ and Smokey Alford
- Credit Line: Gift of BJ and Smokey Alford
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