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| American Music Icons
| First Release in the American Music Icons Series! This coin features the iconic Buddy Holly. Holly was known for his unique style in clothing, his horn rimmed glasses and his original songs such as "Peggy Sue" that helped shape American rock and roll. |
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| Obverse: Buddy Holly signing into a microphone and playing an electric guitar. Buddy Holly is wearing his iconic glasses and suit. Musical notes appear in the proof-like field with the inscriptions “BUDDY HOLLY”, “1936-1959”, and “NOT FADE AWAY”. Reverse: Features his signature superimposed over his horn rimmed glasses, and a stream of musical notes. The inscriptions “AMERICAN MUSIC ICONS”, “2 TROY OUNCES”, “999 FINE SILVER”,HISTORY Buddy Holly (born Charles Hardin Holley; September 7, 1936 – February 3, 1959) was an American musician and singer-songwriter who was a central figure of mid-1950s rock and roll. Holly was born in Lubbock, Texas, to a musical family during the Great Depression; he learned to play guitar and to sing alongside his siblings. His style was influenced by gospel music, country music, and rhythm and blues acts, and he performed in Lubbock with his friends from high school. He made his first appearance on local television in 1952, and the following year he formed the group "Buddy and Bob" with his friend Bob Montgomery. In 1955, after opening for Elvis Presley | |
