1987 Mr. & Mrs. Dithers AMC Cartoon Celebrities Silver Round

MintAmerican Medallion Corporation AMC (Houston TX)

IssuerRobert E. Westfall Inc

DistributorRobert E. Westfall Inc

CollectionAMC Cartoon Celebrities Series

The obverse depicts Mr. and Mrs. Dithers — J.C. Dithers and his wife Cora, characters from the King Features Blondie comic strip — locked in the exaggerated, slapstick confrontation the pair are famous for in the strip. Mr. Dithers is shown pitched off-balance in his suit and bowler hat, recoiling from Mrs. Dithers, who advances toward him brandishing an elongated household implement with motion lines and a bursting star trailing behind it to suggest a blow has just landed. The legend "MR. & MRS. DITHERS" arcs across the top of the field, with a trademark symbol following the name. Below the scene, the copyright line "©KFS 1987" is struck, confirming both the licensing source and the year of issue.

The reverse carries the standard design used across the Cartoon Celebrities series, rather than a character-specific device. At center is a stylized emblem of interlocking elliptical rings suggesting a globe or camera-iris motif. Around the upper rim, the legend reads "CARTOON CELEBRITIES," and around the lower rim the inscription reads "MADE IN USA BY AMC — ONE TROY OZ. .999 FINE SILVER."

1987 Mr. & Mrs. Dithers AMC Cartoon Celebrities Silver Round Overview

The 1987 Mr. & Mrs. Dithers Cartoon Celebrities Silver Round is a 1 troy ounce .999 fine silver round issued by American Medallion Corporation (AMC) as part of its Cartoon Celebrities series, under license from King Features Syndicate for characters from Chic Young’s Blondie strip. Mr. and Mrs. Dithers — Julius Caesar Dithers and his wife Cora — are Dagwood Bumstead’s blustering boss at the Dithers Construction Company and his equally formidable wife, a pairing best known in the strip for their domestic skirmishes rather than any amicable pose. This round leans directly into that dynamic: the obverse shows the couple mid-confrontation rather than standing together.

The round carries a struck copyright date of 1987 directly on the obverse (“©KFS 1987”), so the issue year is documented on the piece itself and no dating attribution is required for this entry.

1987 Mr. & Mrs. Dithers AMC Cartoon Celebrities Silver Round Attribution

Mint: American Medallion Corporation (AMC) Issuer: Robert E. Westfall Inc. Designer/Engraver: Not documented in currently available sources

The mint mark for this round is AMC, spelled out in full within the reverse legend “MADE IN USA BY AMC.” Per this site’s mint mark standard, a maker’s identification spelled out in the design legend counts as the mint mark even without a discrete monogram device. The obverse date is struck directly into the design as “©KFS 1987” — the King Features Syndicate copyright line confirming the character license rather than the coin’s commercial issuer — so this piece is treated as a dated issue rather than an attributed one. No designer or engraver credit has been located in dealer listings, catalog references, or archival material reviewed for this entry; AMC’s design and engraving credits for the Cartoon Celebrities series generally remain undocumented in public sources.

1987 Mr. & Mrs. Dithers AMC Cartoon Celebrities Silver Round Notes

• Issued in 1987 alongside a companion Blondie and Dagwood round from the same strip, both part of AMC’s broader Cartoon Celebrities set.
• This piece’s reverse uses the shared series design (ring emblem, “CARTOON CELEBRITIES” legend); only the obverse is character-specific.
• Mintage figures specific to this character have not been definitively documented in dealer or catalog sources reviewed for this entry.

1987 Mr. & Mrs. Dithers AMC Cartoon Celebrities Silver Round References

• The Phantom Fan — Cartoon Celebrities checklist and series background — https://thephantom.fan/collectibles/cartoon-celebrities/
• Numista — Cartoon Celebrities medallion catalog entries (AMC, distributed by Robert E. Westfall Inc.) — https://en.numista.com/
• A Ground World — American Medallion Corporation (AMC) company synopsis — https://www.agroundworld.com/brand/american-medallion-corporation-amc-92
• Newman Numismatic Portal — Coin World period advertisements referencing AMC Cartoon Celebrities Series I and II — https://nnp.wustl.edu/
• Documented example examined (this entry)
• Texas Stacker Archives

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