1961-1965 SILVER CIVIL WAR CENTENNIAL GRANT & LEE MEDALLIC ART NGC MINT STATE 64

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OFFICIAL CIVIL WAR CENTENNIAL COMMISSION
COMMEMORATIVE
SILVER MEDALLION #4114
CERTIFIED BY NGC MINT STATE 64
MINTED BY MEDALLIC ARTS CO NEW YORK
PORTRAIT BUSTS OF ULYSSES S. GRANT AND ROBERT E. LEE SIDE BY SIDE,
ABOVE  QUOTE BY GRANT,
"LET US HAVE PEACE",
BELOW  QUOTE
BY LEE, " CONSCIOUSNESS OF DUTY FAITHFULLY PERFORMED"
OFFICIAL SEAL OF THE CIVIL WAR CENTENNIAL COMMISSION
THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (1861-1865) BEGAN WHEN SHOTS WERE FIRED BY CONFEDERATE FORCES ON
THE FEDERAL TROOPS DEFENDING FORT SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA, ON APRIL 12TH, 1861.
THE CIVIL WAR CENTENNIAL COMMISSION WAS CREATED BY CONGRESS TO HELP WITH A FIVE-YEAR
OBSERVANCE OF THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CIVIL WAR.
THIS HIGH RELIEF MEDALLIC ISSUE BEARS THE IMAGES OF THE TWO GREAT CIVIL WAR GENERALS, GRANT AND LEE,
RESPECTIVELY REPRESENTING THE UNION AND CONFEDERACY. LEE SURRENDERED HIS ARMY OF
NORTHERN VIRGINIA TO GRANT AFTER THE BATTLE OF APPOMATTOX COURTHOUSE APRIL 9,
1865. THE FORMAL CEREMONY OF SURRENDER THAT ENDED THE WAR TOOK PLACE A FEW
DAYS LATER, ON APRIL 12, THE SAME DAY THAT SHOTS HAD BEEN FIRED ON FORT SUMTER 5 LONG
YEARS BEFORE.
THE YEAR 2011 MARKS THE SESQUECENTENNIAL
OF THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES.
CONTAINS 131.9 GRAMS OF .999 FINE SILVER (4.25 OZS)
64 MM IN DIAMETER
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