Commemorating the famous tourist attraction in San Francisco USA, this ultra high relief colored silver coin is dedicated to Alcatraz Island. Alcatraz was originally established as a seabird habitat in 1775 by Lieutenant Juan Manuel de Ayala. He named it Isla de los Alcatraces meaning Isle of the Pelicans.
During the Civil War, 1861-1865, a prisoner of war camp was erected on the island. Serving as a federal prison from 1934 to 1963, Alcatraz held some of the United States’ most notorious criminals, such as Al Capone, George “Machine Gun” Kelly and Robert Stroud, also known as the “Birdman of Alcatraz”.
Alcatraz Island is issued as legal tender by Cook Islands and has a low mintage of just 750 pieces.
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