A Coast Guard national security cutter head-on toward the viewer, above inscriptions of military branch and the Coast Guard motto. The hull number identifies the cutter Hamilton, named for Alexander Hamilton.
Obverse lettering
U.S. COAST GUARD
SEMPER PARATUS
753
RaM MG (Translation: Always Ready)
Obverse script
Latin
Reverse description
A life preserver ring and the racing stripe mark depicted with a heraldic hatching tradition to indicate color, with horizontal lines indicating the color blue and vertical lines indicating red. The Coast Guard emblem, which is part of the racing stripe mark, is also in the center. Inscribed into the life preserver ring are the Coast Guard’s core values.
Reverse lettering
HONOR RESPECT DEVOTION TO DUTY
UNITED STATES COAST GUARD
1790
TRH RG
Reverse script
Latin
Engraver
United States Mint of Philadelphia, United States (1792-date)