What Is The Lowest Mintage Modern US Commemorative Silver Coin To Date?

Very interesting!

Very interesting. Looking over an earlier list, the list of the ten lowest modern commemorative silver dollars until 2012 was dominated by the issues from 1995 to 1996, which occupy eight out of the ten positions. The single lowest mintage coin occurs for the 1996-D Paralympics Silver Dollar at a mere 14,497 pieces. This is closely followed by the three other uncirculated versions of the 1996 silver dollars issued for the Olympic Games.

Three of the uncirculated versions of the 1995 silver dollars issued for the Olympic Games also occupy the list, along with the Community Service Silver Dollar issued in 1996. The list is completed by the 1997-P Law Enforcement Silver Dollar and 2000-P Leif Ericson Silver Dollar.

Lowest Mintage Modern Commemorative Silver Dollars (through 2012).
1996-D Paralympics Wheelchair Silver Dollar 14,497
1996-D Olympics High Jump Silver Dollar 15,697
1996-D Olympics Tennis Silver Dollar 15,983
1996-D Olympics Rowing Silver Dollar 16,258
1995-D Olympics Cycling Silver Dollar 19,662
1996-S Community Service Silver Dollar 23,500
1995-D Olympics Track and Field Silver Dollar 24,976
2000-P Leif Ericson Silver Dollar 28,150
1995-D Paralympics Blind Runner Silver Dollar 28,649
1997-P Law Enforcement Silver Dollar 28,575

During these two years 95-96, the United States Mint would offer a sixteen coin program for the Atlanta Centennial Olympics, which included eight silver dollars in proof and uncirculated versions. In addition, there would be silver dollars issued under four other separate programs for the Civil War Battlefields, Special Olympics, National Community Service, and the Smithsonian Institution.

This massive large number of new issues forced some collectors to be more selective with their purchases, or in some cases abandon the pursuit of commemorative coins altogether. When the dust settled, a number of coins from this time frame ended up with extremely low mintages due to lackluster sales. Congress would respond to the situation by passing the Commemorative Coin Reform Act of 1996, which would impose a limit of only two commemorative coin programs per year going forward.