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US Korean War Memorial $1 1991-P
  • US Korean War Memorial $1 1991-P
  • US Korean War Memorial $1 1991-P
  • US Korean War Memorial $1 1991-P
  • US Korean War Memorial $1 1991-P
  • US Korean War Memorial $1 1991-P
  • US Korean War Memorial $1 1991-P
US Korean War Memorial $1 1991-P

US Korean War Memorial $1 1991-P

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United States Mint · Proof

United States — 1 Dollar Korean War Memorial 1991-P

38th anniversary of the armistice · struck Philadelphia

Metal Silver 900‰ / Copper 100‰
Weight 26.73 g (0.76 troy oz fine silver)
Diameter 38.1 mm
Quality Proof
Mint Philadelphia (P)
Designers Obverse: John Mercanti — Reverse: T. James Ferrell
Authorised programme Public Law 101-495, signed 31 October 1990 by President George H. W. Bush
Final mintage (Proof) 618,488 specimens
Delivery Original US Mint capsule  · certificate of authenticity signed by Donna Pope, Director of the United States Mint

Obverse. An American infantryman climbing a hillside, rifle at the ready, jets streaking through the sky behind him. Below the figure, a column of advancing troops and supply ships at sea — a compressed picture of an amphibious campaign. Inscriptions THIRTY EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATIVE, KOREA, IN GOD WE TRUST, dates 1953 — 1991, and LIBERTY at the foot. Designer’s initials JM at the lower right.

Reverse. Map of the Korean peninsula divided at the 38th parallel, with the South Korean taegeuk emblem on the southern half and a bald eagle’s head superimposed on the right. ONE DOLLAR above, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA below, E PLURIBUS UNUM at the left. Designer’s initials TJF at the lower right.

Context

The Korean War Memorial Dollar was the first United States commemorative coin programme dedicated to the Korean War — a conflict often referred to as « the Forgotten War » because it sat between the Second World War and Vietnam in public memory. Surcharges from the sale of the coin were directed to the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., dedicated four years later in July 1995. The proof was struck at Philadelphia and bears the P mintmark; the design pairs John Mercanti, the Mint’s tenth chief engraver — best known for the American Silver Eagle reverse — with T. James Ferrell, who would later sign several of the State Quarters.

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