Marine Corps 230th Anniversary Silver Dollar
In 2005, the United States Mint released a silver dollar commemorative coin in honor of the 230th birthday of the United States Marine Corps. The coin was sold as both as a proof coin and an uncirculated coin, for a total number of 600,000 coins. They became available to order on July 20, 2005, and by September 21, 2005, all coins had been purchased.
Marine Corps 230th Anniversary Silver Dollar
Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
- Field
- dollar coin
- Region
- United States
- Related practice
- silver · copper
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
In 2005, the United States Mint released a silver dollar commemorative coin in honor of the 230th birthday of the United States Marine Corps. The coin was sold as both as a proof coin and an uncirculated coin, for a total number of 600,000 coins. They became available to order on July 20, 2005, and by September 21, 2005, all coins had been purchased.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Note VALÉORINE
No house-authored Note is published until its assertions and sources pass the VALÉORINE evidence contract. The documentary article remains available in full while that enrichment is being consolidated.
Documentary enrichment in progress · no unsupported statement published
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Marine Corps 230th Anniversary Silver Dollar. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Evidence Panel
not yet certified
- Identity
- resolved
- Independent source families
- 0
- Admitted assertions
- 0
- Open conflicts
- 0
Authority files
wikidata · Q6764068 · wikipedia · Marine Corps 230th Anniversary silver dollar
In this article
Overview
Overview
This was the first time the United States released a coin to represent a branch of its military.
Marine Corps 230th Anniversary Silver Dollar, Marine Corps Silver Dollar Proof Reverse
Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
Key facts
• Country — United States • Denomination — Dollar • Value — 1 • Unit — U.S. Dollar • Mass — 26.73 • Diameter — 38.10 • Thickness — 2.77 • Thickness Inch — 0.109 • Edge — reeded • Composition — 90% Ag 10% Cu • Years Of Minting — 2005 • Catalog Number — KM# 376 • Obverse Design — Historic flag raising on Iwo Jima, Inscriptions: "Marines," "1775," "2005," "In God We Trust," "Liberty." • Obverse Designer — Norman E. Nemeth • Obverse Design Date — 2004 • Reverse Design — Eagle, Globe and Anchor — the Marine Corps Emblem, thirteen stars. Inscriptions — "Semper Fidelis" (the Marine Corps Motto), "United States of America," "E Pluribus Unum," "One Dollar." • Reverse Designer — Charles L. Vickers • Reverse Design Date — 2004
Specifications
Specifications
The coin features one of the most recognizable scenes of Marine Corps history, Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima. Additionally, the Marine Corps official emblem, the Eagle, Globe, and Anchor is on the reverse. Mintage (max.): 600,000 Based on independent market research provided by the recipient organization (the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation), the Secretary exercised his authority (for the first time) to increase the legislated maximum mintage (500,000) to 600,000. U.S. Mint Facility: Philadelphia Public Law: 108-291
Places
Named by the record
Places
Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.
- United States
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
“Marine Corps 230th Anniversary silver dollar”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further readingWikipedia
Partially resolvedreference work
Wikidata, structured authority record Q6764068: Marine Corps 230th Anniversary Silver DollarWikidata
Partially resolved
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 14 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Coins
642 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- MancusTerminology
- March of Dimes silver dollarTerminology
- Maria Theresa thalerTerminology
- MariengroschenTerminology
- Maryland Tercentenary half dollarTerminology
- Matron HeadTerminology
- McKinley Birthplace Memorial dollarTerminology
- Melita bullion coinsTerminology
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own an object connected with Marine Corps 230th Anniversary Silver Dollar?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.