Employee Assistance Fund For Alaska Airlines – EAF Online Auction - Spring 2019
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Art & Collectibes

World War I Centennial 2018 Silver Dollar and Coast Guard Medal Set

Item Number
637
Estimated Value
100 USD
Sold
65 USD to dc239e2ab
Number of Bids
8  -  Bid History

Item Description

To commemorate the centennial of America’s involvement in World War I and honor the more than 4 million men and women from the United States who served. This set includes a proof silver dollar and a proof silver Coast Guard medal.

These sets are limited to 100,000 units across all five medal product options.

Coin:

Obverse: The obverse (heads) design, titled “Soldier’s Charge,” depicts an almost stone-like soldier gripping a rifle. Barbed wire twines in the lower right hand side of the design. Inscriptions include “LIBERTY,” “1918,” and “IN GOD WE TRUST.”

Reverse: The reverse (tails) design, titled “Poppies in the Wire,” features abstract poppies mixed in with barbed wire. Inscriptions include “ONE DOLLAR,” “E PLURIBUS UNUM,” and “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.”

Medal:

Obverse: The obverse design depicts a lifeboat from the Coast Guard Cutter Seneca heading out in heavy seas toward the torpedoed steamship Wellington.

Reverse: The reverse designs depicts the World War I-era Coast Guard emblem. Inscriptions include “CENTENNIAL OF WORLD WAR I,” “2018,” and “OVER THERE!.”
Specifications
Denomination (Coin Only): Dollar
Composition: 90% Silver, 10% Copper
Weight: 26.730 grams
Diameter: 1.500 inches
Edge: Coin/Reeded - Medal/Plain
Coin Mint and Mint Mark: Philadelphia - P
Medal Mint and Mint Mark: Philadelphia - P