1987 Voodoo AMC Mythological Legends

MintAmerican Medallion Corporation AMC (Houston TX)

IssuerRobert E. Westfall Inc

DistributorRobert E. Westfall Inc

CollectionAMC Mythological Legends Series

The obverse depicts a nail-pierced voodoo doll standing at center, its limbs and torso wrapped in bound cloth, with pins driven through the head, hands, and feet. The figure wears a tall feathered headdress and a beaded necklace, with additional feathers trailing down the sides of the design. The doll is surrounded by four ceremonial voodoo masks positioned in each corner, each carved with a distinct stylized expression — a wide-eyed grimacing mask with hollow eyes and dotted decoration, a fringed mask with an angular jaw and hair trailing down one side, a narrow-eyed mask bordered by rectangular teeth-like inlays, and a long-haired bearded mask with a furrowed brow. The inscription VOODOO arches across the top of the design in stylized lettering.

The reverse features the manufacturer's standard design used across the Mythological Legends collection: menacing storm clouds bearing a grimacing mythological face above turbulent seas, with lightning bolts and streaks of rain falling toward the water below. The series title MYTHOLOGICAL LEGENDS appears at center, with the metal content and manufacturer identified along the bottom edge: 1 OZ .999 FINE SILVER MADE BY AMC.

1987 Voodoo AMC Mythological Legends Overview

The 1987 Voodoo AMC Mythological Legends Silver Round is one of seven designs in the Mythological Legends collection issued by Robert E. Westfall, Inc. and manufactured by American Medallion Corporation (AMC) of Houston, Texas. The series depicts figures and themes from mythology, folklore, and legend, with each design sharing a common reverse identifying the collection.

The Voodoo design draws on imagery long associated with Voodoo, Vodou, and related syncretic traditions in American popular folklore — most recognizably the pierced doll motif and ceremonial ritual masks that have become emblematic shorthand for the subject in Western popular culture. Rather than portraying a single figure, the design assembles four distinct mask forms around a central nail-pierced doll, presenting Voodoo as an ensemble of folkloric symbols rather than a single mythological character, distinguishing it visually from the other six designs in the series.

1987 Voodoo AMC Mythological Legends Historical Significance

Voodoo imagery held a firm place in American popular culture by the mid-1980s, appearing across horror films, novelty products, and folklore-themed collectibles of the era. As a subject for the Mythological Legends series, it fits alongside the collection’s other folklore-derived designs — the Werewolf, Vampire, and Angel of the Gods among them — reflecting the broader 1980s collector market for privately minted silver rounds built around horror, myth, and legend rather than historical or patriotic themes.

1987 Voodoo AMC Mythological Legends Attribution

The Voodoo round is attributed to 1987 based on American Medallion Corporation’s documented transition from Texas International Mint branding to AMC branding. Unlike earlier TIM issues and later AMC-marked products, the Mythological Legends series carries no mint mark, making the series consistent with AMC’s transitional production period. The design is one of the seven documented rounds comprising the complete Mythological Legends collection.

1987 Voodoo AMC Mythological Legends Notes

• One of seven known designs in the Mythological Legends collection.
• Issued as part of a themed series depicting legendary and mythological subjects.
• Original seven-round collector albums matching the complete series are known.
• No official mintage figures have been published.
• The absence of a traditional mint mark distinguishes the collection from most other AMC products.
• Physical measurements on this example (39.25 mm / 3.05 mm) fall within the normal range of minor variance documented across other pieces in the series.

1987 Voodoo AMC Mythological Legends References

1. Original example examined.
2. Original seven-round Mythological Legends collector album.
3. American Medallion Corporation product research and surviving examples.
4. Numista – 1 Ounce Silver – Voodoo (Mythological Legends – AMC).
5. Robert E. Westfall, Inc. corporate research.
6. Texas Stacker Archives.

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