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The United States Veterans Commemorative Coin Act of 1993 (Pub. L. 103–186) authorized the production of a commemorative silver dollar to pay tribute to veterans of the Vietnam War and the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C. The act allowed the coins to be struck in both proof and uncirculated finishes. [3]
Since the modern commemorative coin program began in 1982, the Mint has raised more than $506,000 in surcharges to help build new museums, maintain national monuments such as the Vietnam War ...
Vietnam War Memorial dollar [25] Outstretched hand touching a name on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial: Three medals awarded during the Vietnam War: Ag 90%, Cu 10% Authorized: 500,000 (max) Uncirculated: 57,317 W Proof: 226,262 P 1994 $1: Prisoners of War dollar [26] A chained eagle breaks free through a ring to represent "Freedom"
A Guide Book of United States Coins (the Red Book) is the longest running price guide for U.S. coins. Across all formats, 24 million copies have been sold. [2] The first edition, dated 1947, went on sale in November 1946. Except for a one-year hiatus in 1950, publication has continued to the present.
In 1925, a commemorative 50-cent coin was released that showed Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. Money raised from the sale of the coins was combined with money raised by the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial Association in order to fund the carving of a Confederate monument at Stone Mountain. [6]
Coin Obverse design Reverse design Composition Mintage Available Obverse Reverse 50¢ First in Flight Centennial half dollar: Wright Monument, atop Kill Devil Hill near Kitty Hawk, NC An image of the 1903 Wright Flyer making its historic first flight, with Orville Wright aboard and his brother Wilbur on the ground beside the craft Cu 92%, Ni 8%
As with just about any asset, a coin's value is determined by its market demand. This means that coins in short supply often see higher demand -- and higher values. With coins, supplies are limited...
Harriet Tubman with two American Civil War-era boats in the background, representing the Combahee River Raid: Harriet Tubman holding a spyglass in front of a row of Civil War-era tents, symbolizing her work as a scout and spy for the Union Army during the Civil War Cu: 92% Ni: 8% $1: Harriet Tubman dollar Harriet Tubman