The obverse features the students being escorted up the steps of Little Rock Central High School by U.S. soldiers.
Obverse lettering
THE
LITTLE ROCK NINE 1957
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
Reverse lettering
COURAGE BRAVERY JUSTICE
OPPORTUNITY
ERNEST GREEN
JEFFERSON THOMAS
MELBA PATILLO BEALS
CARLOTTA WALLS LANIER
MINNIJEAN BROWN TRICKEY
THELMA MOTHERSHED WAIR
GLORIA RAY KARLMARK
ELIZABETH ECKFORD
TERRENCE ROBERTS
ACT OF CONGRESS 1998
