2000 Library of Congress Commemorative Silver Coin 2000 PR69DCAM PCGS

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The Library of Congress, founded on April 24, 1800, is the nation's oldest federal cultural institution. Also the world's largest library, it houses 119 million items-- 18 million books; two million recordings; 12 million photographs; four million maps; and 53 million manuscripts. The library's rare book collection is the largest in North America and includes the oldest surviving book printed in North America - the Bay Psalm Book, printed in 1640; the world's largest book, John James Audubon's Birds of America, which is 1 meter high; and the world's smallest book, Old King Cole, about the size of the period at the end of this sentence. This book is so small that its pages can be turned only with the use of a needle- and equally sharp eyes.