Braille silver dollar goes on sale

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. Mint will begin accepting orders Thursday for the first coin to feature readable Braille.


The coin's "heads" side features a portrait of Louis Braille; the "tails" side features a boy reading a book in Braille.

The 2009 Louis Braille Bicentennial Silver Dollar commemorates the 200th birthday of Louis Braille, inventor of the Braille system of reading and writing used by the blind.

The National Federation of the Blind can receive surcharges from sales of the coins to further its programs to promote Braille literacy, the U.S. Mint said in a news release.

Mintage of the coin, which is 90 percent silver, will be limited to 400,000, the Mint said. The coin will be available in . . .

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