The obverse depicts the Texas flag mounted on a pole, shown in motion with visible folds and textured shading across the fields. The inscription “TEXAS” appears above the flag, surrounded by a ring of stars. Below the design is the commemorative date “1836 – 1986,” marking the Sesquicentennial of Texas Independence. Relief elements are frosted against reflective background fields.
The reverse carries a circular legend reading “.999 FINE SILVER” and “ONE TROY OUNCE.” Centered within a recessed matte inner field is the date “1986,” positioned above a silhouette of the State of Texas. The outer ring is polished with raised lettering, contrasting against the textured interior field.
1985-86 State Flag of Texas Silver Round Overview
The 1985-86 State Flag of Texas Silver Round, part of the Texas 150th Anniversary Collection, is a 1 oz .999 fine silver commemorative marking the 150th anniversary of Texas independence. The obverse depicts the Texas flag mounted on a pole, shown in motion with visible folds and textured shading, beneath the inscription “TEXAS” and above the commemorative dates “1836 – 1986.” The reverse carries a Texas-silhouette device within a “.999 FINE SILVER · ONE TROY OUNCE” legend.
1985-86 State Flag of Texas Silver Round Attribution
Mint is attributed to World Wide Mint (Bloomington, MN) on the basis of reverse-die linkage shared across the full Texas 150th Anniversary Collection; see the mint page for the underlying reasoning. Distributor is John Grayson (San Benito / Harlingen, TX), confirmed through period Coin World and Texas Monthly advertisements and corroborated by a firsthand account naming Grayson as a wholesale source supplying multiple area dealers; see the collection page for full sourcing.
1985-86 State Flag of Texas Silver Round Historical Significance
The flag on the obverse — a single white star on a blue field beside horizontal white-over-red stripes — did not exist during the Texas Revolution the rest of this collection commemorates. The Congress of the Republic of Texas did not adopt this design as the national flag until January 25, 1839, nearly three years after independence was won at San Jacinto. During the Revolution itself, Texian forces fought under a patchwork of local and improvised banners — several of which appear on other rounds in this same collection — rather than any single unified flag. The design shown here outlived the Republic itself, becoming the state flag when Texas joined the Union in 1845 and remaining unchanged since.
The flag’s symbolism is nonetheless deliberate: the lone star represents Texas standing as a single, unified republic; blue signifies loyalty, white signifies purity, and red signifies bravery. By the time of the 1986 Sesquicentennial, this flag — not any of the Revolution-era banners it replaced — had become the flag Texans actually associated with their state’s independence, which is almost certainly why it was chosen to anchor this collection rather than appearing as one design among several period flags.
1985-86 State Flag of Texas Silver Round Notes
- Date discrepancy on the existing page: the obverse/reverse photo captions show only a “1986” reverse date, while the prior Overview text claimed both 1985 and 1986 strikes exist for this design — needs Tex’s confirmation of which is accurate before publishing
- See the Texas 150th Anniversary Collection page for the complete set, pricing, and distributor background
1985-86 State Flag of Texas Silver Round References
- World Wide Mint (Bloomington, MN), The Texas Stacker
- John Grayson (San Benito / Harlingen, TX), The Texas Stacker
- Texas 150th Anniversary Collection (1985–1986), The Texas Stacker
- Texas Stacker Archives
