100 Years "IN GOD WE TRUST" motto

100 Years "IN GOD WE TRUST" motto - obverse100 Years "IN GOD WE TRUST" motto - reverse

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Features

Location United States
Period Federal republic (1776-date)
Type Commemorative medals › Historical medal
Year 1964
Composition Silver (.925)
Weight 27.863 g
Diameter 38 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Number
N#
314505

Commemorative issue

100 Years "IN GOD WE TRUST" motto

Obverse

Rev. M.R.Watkinson and S.P.Chase portraits.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
100th ANNIVERSARY OF THE U.S. COINAGE MOTTO
"IN GOD WE TRUST"
1864 - 1964

Engraver: Norman Hines

Reverse

Reproduction 1864 2 Cents coin and church building.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
FROM THIS OLD STONE
CHURCH IN RIDLEYVILLE
PENNSYLVAMIA, REV.
MARK R. WATKINSON
PENNED THE LETTER TO
SEC'Y OF THE TREAS.
SALMON P. CHASE
WHICH LED TO THE
ADOPTION OF "IN GOD WE TRUST" AS
THE U.S. COINAGE MOTTO AND
INTS FIRST APPEARANCE ON
THE 1864 2 c PIECE.
N.C.S.-1964

Engraver: Norman Hines

Edge

Reeded, serialized number on the edge.

Mint

The Franklin Mint, Wawa, Pennsylvania, United States (1964-date)

Comments

National Commemorative Society and the Franklin Mint production

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1964  Proof

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