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Hercules Medallion Rights Institute

Location United States
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Type Bullion round
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Obverse description Central device features a frosted relief of Hercules and Cerberus after the sculpture by Antonin Pavel Wagner, mounted on a pedestal bearing the legend ONE MAN WITH COURAGE MAKES A MAJORITY. The words LIFE and LIBERTY flank the device in the field, with PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS arcing along the upper border. The lower legend reads FINE SILVER RIGHTSINSTITUTE.ORG 1 OZ .999 against a mirror-polished proof field.
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Obverse lettering PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS
LIFE
LIBERTY
ONE MAN WITH COURAGE MAKES A MAJORITY
FINE SILVER
RIGHTSINSTITUTE.ORG
1 OZ .999
Reverse description The mirror-polished proof field bears the central legend OUR RIGHTS surrounded by six frosted relief vignettes of right hands, each illustrating one of six enumerated rights. The names of the rights — FREE ASSOCIATION, FREE SPEECH, PRIVATE PROPERTY, AUTONOMY, SWIFT JUSTICE, and SELF-DEFENSE — arc around the border, each paired with its corresponding hand device: clasped hands, a hand holding a quill, a hand holding a key, a hand with crossed fingers, a hand holding scales of justice, and a hand on a shield respectively.
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