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Jamestown coins launched

Commemorative coins honoring the 400th anniversary of the Jamestown Settlement in Virginia were made available for the first time at a public ceremony on Jan. 11 at the Jamestown Settlement.
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Commemorative coins honoring the 400th anniversary of the Jamestown Settlement in Virginia were made available for the first time at a public ceremony on Jan. 11 at the Jamestown Settlement.

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Pictured from left to right are Sandy L. Rives, director, Jamestown 400th Project; Elizabeth Kostelny, Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities; U.S. Mint Director Edmund C. Moy; Jeanne Zeidler, executive director, Jamestown 2007; Sen. Thomas K. Norment Jr., co-chairman, Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation; and Philp G. Emerson, executive director, Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation.

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