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1 Dollar World War I Centennial
| Issuer | United States Mint |
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| Year | 2018 |
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| Value | 1 Dollar (1 USD) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse features a boldly rendered high-relief depiction of an American doughboy in profile, advancing in combat dress with a domed steel helmet and rifle slung across his body. His raised left arm clutches a strand of barbed wire, evoking the harrowing conditions of trench warfare on the Western Front. The legend LIBERTY appears in the upper left field, with the commemorative dates 1918 and 2018 inscribed in two lines at the lower left. The motto IN GOD WE TRUST is positioned to the right of the soldier's profile. The initials LCT (designer Lyndall Curtis Tomlison) appear at the left field, with the engraver's initials DE visible at the lower right. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Authorized under the World War I Centennial Coins Act of 2016, this issue was part of a broader congressional effort to fill a gap that had long bothered military historians: the United States never issued a general service medal for WWI veterans, leaving American doughboys without the campaign recognition given to most Allied counterparts. The coin's enabling legislation also directed that surcharges fund the construction of a WWI memorial on the National Mall in Washington.
Five branch-specific designs were produced across the series. The Army version outsold the others by a significant margin.