1987 747 Jumbo Jet AMC Silver Round

MintAmerican Medallion Corporation AMC (Houston TX)

IssuerAmerican Medallion Corporation AMC (Houston TX)

DistributorRobert E. Westfall Inc

A Boeing 747 airliner banks through layered clouds with "747" struck above in an arc and "JUMBO JET" struck below. A small "AMC" maker's identification is integrated into the design on the aircraft's fuselage near the nose.

An eagle grasps an olive branch and arrows beneath a shield, with banners reading "E PLURIBUS" and "UNUM" and "IN GOD WE TRUST" arced above amid thirteen stars. "GREAT SEAL OF THE UNITED STATES" runs around the upper rim; "1 TROY OZ .999 FINE SILVER MADE IN USA BY AMC" is struck along the lower rim.

1987 747 Jumbo Jet AMC Silver Round Overview

The 1987 747 Jumbo Jet AMC Silver Round is a 1 troy ounce .999 fine silver bullion piece produced by the American Medallion Corporation (AMC) of Houston, Texas, under founder Robert E. Westfall, commemorating an aircraft that fundamentally changed who could afford to fly. The obverse depicts a Boeing 747 airliner banking through layered clouds, with “747” struck above and “JUMBO JET” struck below in an arc; a small “AMC” maker’s identification is integrated into the aircraft’s fuselage near the nose rather than set off separately in the legend.

The round honors a genuine gamble in aviation history. In 1966, Pan Am president Juan Trippe pushed Boeing chairman Bill Allen to build an airliner more than twice the size of anything then flying — one with enough seats to bring fares within reach of ordinary travelers, not just business and first-class passengers. Both companies effectively bet their futures on it; neither could have absorbed the loss if the aircraft failed. Boeing handed the project to engineer Joe Sutter, who assembled a team of roughly 4,500 engineers — nicknamed “the Incredibles” — and took the 747 from a blank sheet to rollout in about 29 months, a timeline still considered remarkable today. The wide-body fuselage and the distinctive upper-deck hump depicted on this round’s obverse were direct products of that compressed, high-stakes development. When the 747 entered commercial service in 1970, its sheer seating capacity — nearly double that of the Boeing 707 — drove ticket prices down and made international air travel accessible to a much broader public for the first time, a shift the coin’s nickname, “Jumbo Jet,” still nods to.

The reverse pairs this obverse with AMC’s Great Seal of the United States die — an eagle grasping an olive branch and arrows, shield across its breast, with “E PLURIBUS” and “UNUM” on ribboned banners and “IN GOD WE TRUST” arced above amid thirteen stars. The legend “GREAT SEAL OF THE UNITED STATES” runs around the upper rim, and the bullion statement “1 TROY OZ .999 FINE SILVER MADE IN USA BY AMC” is struck along the lower rim. This same Great Seal die was also used on AMC’s 1987 Oliver North Silver Star round, indicating it functioned as a stock reverse paired across multiple AMC product lines rather than a design created specifically for the Jumbo Jet theme.

The round fits into AMC’s broader catalog of novelty and commemorative bullion pieces from the late 1980s — thematic one-off subjects (aircraft, ships, wildlife, historical figures) struck in 1 troy ounce .999 silver and sold to the bullion-collector market, alongside AMC’s better-documented licensed series like Cartoon Celebrities and Mythological Legends.

1987 747 Jumbo Jet AMC Silver Round Attribution

No dated examples, period catalogs, or original sales literature for this round have been located. The struck legend “MADE IN USA BY AMC” constitutes the Mint Mark under this site’s standard, since a spelled-out manufacturer identification in the design counts as a mark independent of a discrete monogram or date. American Medallion Corporation operated under the name Texas International Mint (TIM) through 1986 and early 1987 before adopting the AMC name; because this round is marked “AMC” rather than “TIM,” it is attributed to 1987, consistent with the same brand-adoption logic already applied to other undated AMC-marked bullion rounds in this catalog, including the Totem Pole and Bowie Knife rounds. This is presented as attribution, not certainty, pending discovery of contemporary documentation establishing an exact release date.

1987 747 Jumbo Jet AMC Silver Round Notes

• No struck date appears on either face; year is attributed per AMC brand-adoption logic (see Attribution above).
• The Great Seal of the United States reverse die is shared with AMC’s Oliver North Silver Star round, suggesting reuse of a stock reverse across unrelated AMC product themes.
• “AMC” maker’s mark is integrated into the obverse design (on the aircraft fuselage) rather than set as standalone text.

1987 747 Jumbo Jet AMC Silver Round References

• eBay listing, “Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet airplane AMC USA US TONED 1oz 999 FINE Silver round C4817” — https://www.ebay.com/itm/364886987736
• Silver ‘Round the World, American Medallion Corporation (AMC) brand page (general AMC/TIM company history and brand-transition timeline, not a listing for this specific round) — https://www.agroundworld.com/american-medallion-company-silver-rounds-241
• Documented example examined (this entry)
• Texas Stacker Archives

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