Marine Corps Silver Dollar Unveiled

AP on Yahoo ^ | 7/20/05 | AP - Quantico

[NormsRevenge]

QUANTICO, Va. - A 1945 photograph taken at Iwo Jima was memorialized in a commemorative coin released Wednesday celebrating the 230th anniversary of the Marine Corps.

The silver dollar, featuring Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal's historic flag-raising photograph, was released during a ceremony at U.S. Marine Corps Base Quantico.

At the ceremony, officials including U.S. Mint Director Henrietta Holsman Fore presented two shiny, new silver dollars to retired Lt. Gen. Ron Christmas, president of the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation.

Part of the proceeds from the sale of the coins will go to the foundation to help build the new National Museum of the Marine Corps at Quantico.

The silver dollars are available online, by telephone and by mail from the Mint.

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On the Net:

http://www.usmint.gov

[NormsRevenge]

A 1945 photograph taken at Iwo Jima was memorialized in a commemorative coin released Wednesday, July 20, 2005, celebrating the 230th anniversary of the Marine Corps. The silver dollar, featuring Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal's historic flag-raising photograph, was released during a ceremony at U.S. Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia. (AP Photo/U.S. Mint)

[NormsRevenge]

The Buck Stops Here..

I want me one of them.

Semper fi

[Willie Green]

Cool!!!

What's on the flip side?

[NormsRevenge]

fyi - Marines Silver Dollar now available.

[NormsRevenge]

Here ya go.

[NormsRevenge]

FoR More Info .. US Mint Catalog page for the Marines Silver Dollar

[NormsRevenge]

$35 a coin.

They start shipping mid- to late October 2005, some delays in shipping are anticipated but they will let you know when it does ship.

[kanecorp]

looks beautiful

[Willie Green]

That's one heckuva good looking coin!!!

Maybe they should issue it for circulation too.
Instead of that Sacajawea babe.
(Ya gotta admit, Sacajawea is a lot cuter than Susan B.)

[BluH2o]

The Marine Corps is the first military branch to have a commemorative silver dollar issued by the U.S. Mint.
Semper Fi ...

[ken5050]

Nice surprise to enclose them in some Xmas packages to the Marines in Iraq this December...

[R W Reactionairy]

"Ya gotta admit, Sacajawea is a lot cuter than Susan B.)

Yup ... but her name is a lot harder to pronounce correctly. :

[2111USMC]

"Maybe they should issue it for circulation too."

It is a nice coin.

I understand that it supposed to be a collectors item. However, I agree. Why not put it into general circulation?

[BluH2o]

A portion of the proceeds from the sale of each coin is authorized to be paid to the United States Marine Corps Heritage Foundation for the purpose of constructing the Marine Corps Heritage Center. The MC Heritage Center is currently under construction at Quantico, VA and is scheduled to open November 2006.

[Willie Green]

Why not put it into general circulation?

I haven't ranted about it for a while,
but I've long favored discontinuing the dollar bill and going 100% with coins.
I think it makes sense since the value of the dollar has decreased so much during the last 30~40 years. Coins are convenient and last much longer in circulation. But others would flame me because of Susan B. and Sacajawea. Perhaps this would be a good design to make the switch!!!

[Willie Green]

Oh, and might as well discontinue the penny while we're at it.
They've become a nuisance.

[Atlas Sneezed]

$35 for less than an ounce of silver!

Bend over!

[2111USMC]

I'll second that too!

[BenLurkin]

Because the bullion value of one ounce of silver is approximately $7.00

We don't have real money circulating anymore.

Remember FRiends, the U.S. has been issuing 'funny money' for decades. We don't have real money circulating anymore.

[Centurion2000]

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