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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]
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"
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 ...
The Prisoners of War silver dollar is a commemorative coin issued by the United States Mint in 1994. [1] It was one of three coins in the 1994 Veterans Program, along with the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and Women in Military Service for America Memorial silver dollars.
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]
A World War I-era nurse bandaging a wounded service member on a stretcher [5] Ag: 90% Cu: 10% Authorized: 400,000 (max) Uncirculated: TBA Proof: TBA TBD $5: National Purple Heart Hall of Honor half eagle [5] Purple Heart medal [5] George Washington’s signature under the Badge of Military Merit over a textured stripe [5] Au: 90% Alloy: 10% ...
Coin Obverse design Reverse design Composition Mintage Available Obverse Reverse $1: Library of Congress dollar: Depicts an open book superimposed over the torch of learning Architectural rendering of the dome on the Library of Congress' Jefferson building: Ag 90%, Cu 10% Authorized: 500,000 (max) Uncirculated: 52,771 P. Proof: 196,900 P
Awards and decorations of the Vietnam War were military decorations which were bestowed by the major warring parties that participated in the Vietnam War. North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Australia, New Zealand and the United States all issued awards and decorations to their personnel during, or after, the conflict. South Vietnam as a country ...