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Both Washington County Historical Society of Hagerstown, Maryland, as well as the Antietam Celebration Commission had called for the minting of a commemorative coin to mark 75th anniversary of the Battle of Antietam. The bill authorizing the minting of the coin passed on June 24 and set a minimum of 50,000 coins to be minted.
Kenneth Rendell was born in 1943, the son of Harry, a pharmacist, and Pauline, an art teacher. In 1953 a customer in his father's drug store paid with an 1806 Liberty half-dollar, which launched Rendell into the rare coin business.
On November 5, 2020, the Mint issued the "End of World War II 75th Anniversary American Eagle" silver proof coin, along with a gold counterpart. This special coin has a privy mark on its obverse in the shape of a bird's eye view of the Rainbow Pool, along with lettering that says "V75". The silver proofs had a limited mintage of 75,000 coins.
The privy design features the text "V75", celebrating the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II inside an outline of the Rainbow Pool at the World War II Memorial in Washington, DC. [4] Obverse of a 2020 America the Beautiful quarter from the West Point Mint featuring the V75 privy mark
Anniversary of the End of World War II 1 Tony Dean (initials on coin) Designed to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the End of World War II. A tri-coloured circle of green, blue and white representing the three armed forces involved in WWII is superimposed over a peace dove flying over a part of the globe with Australia visible on the bottom.
Two United States Civil War veterans, one from the Union camp and one from the Confederate camp, are featured on the obverse of the coin. E pluribus unum ("Out of Many, One"), the de facto United States national motto until 1956, is displayed prominently above the two war veterans, with the "E" serving as both the first letter of the motto and the middle letter of Liberty.
He then went back into the 75th Infantry and fought until the war's end. He was discharged in 1946 and met his wife one week after he returned. They have been married for 76 years and have 11 ...
The city unveiled the statue on October 4, 2014. At the same event, the Royal Canadian Mint announced the issue of a series of three coins featuring a scene adapted from the image: it was released in denominations of $2 (alloy), $3 (1 ⁄ 4 troy ounce [7.8 g] silver) and $10 (1 ⁄ 2 troy ounce [16 g] silver). [6]