`POOR PIERCE`
CONGRESSMAN
?
UNITED STATES
SENATOR
BRIGADIER GENERAL
IN MEXICAN WAR
GREATER SOLDIER
THAN STATESMAN
FAVORED SLAVERY
UNTIL OUTBREAK
OF CIVIL
WAR
`FIRES OF CIVIL WAR LIGHTED`
Reverse script
Latin
Engraver
Royal Mint, Llantrisant, United Kingdom (1968-date)