1995 Civil War Battlefield Two Coin Set - Uncirculated

This coming Saturday is a very somber anniversary in American history, it marks the end of the one of the bloodiest battles in the Civil War: Gettysburg. By the time the dust would settle, it was clear that this War had caused irreparable damage to both the North and the South. Yet from the ashes, rose a nation full of fervor and hope, a nation ready to remember and honor those lives, and a nation ready to move forward to a better tomorrow.

In honor of tomorrow’s anniversary, we are bringing back one of the rarer special Issue 2pc. sets from the United States Mint long and storied history: the 1995 Civil War Uncirculated Pair!

It was tomorrow, more than 158 years ago, that we saw an end to the furious conflict that enveloped the town and fields of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The Civil War was an incredibly violent and brutal affair, and no place embodied the aftermath of the war more than Gettysburg. To this very day the town and it’s fields still bears the scars of our internal conflict, and serves as remembrance of all that has been lost. The Final day, July 3rd, saw the now infamous Pickett’s Charge; an assault on the center of the Union lines by 15,000 men that would mark the end of the Battle and a major turning point in the war.

Issued in 1995 for the 100th Anniversary of the founding of the Gettysburg National Military Park, the United States Mint produced 2 coins: the Civil War Battlefield Preservation Half Dollar and Silver Dollar. The purpose of these coins was to fund preservation efforts for our Nation's Civil War Battlefields, and to commemorate all the brave Americans who fought and died for their country.

This special 2pc. set contains both the Silver Dollar and the Half Dollar in stunning Proof condition still in the Original Government Packaging. The Half Dollar’s obverse pays tribute to the Civil War drummer boys; the reverse depicts a battlefield scene with the inscription "Enriching Our Future By Preserving Our Past." The Silver Dollar depicts a wounded soldier being tended to by his foe, emblematic of the ‘family vs. family’ that surrounded the conflict. The reverse of the Silver Dollar displays Little Round Top at Gettysburg alongside the quote

“In Great Deeds something abides. On Great Fields something stays. Forms change and pass; bodies disappear; but spirits linger to consecrate ground for the visionplace of Souls” – Joshua Chamberlin, survivor of Gettysburg