1995 Civil War Battlefields Half Dollar - Proof

Released on March 31, 1995, this coin was authorized in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the protection of Civil War battlefields.  

The obverse of the half dollar features a standing drummer boy designed by Don Troiani. The reverse features a cannon against a battlefield landscape. This was designed by US Mint engraver T. James Ferrell.

The inscriptions on the obverse of the coin read “Liberty”, “In God We Trust”, and the date “1995”. The reverse contains a central inscription “Enriching our future by preserving the past” and other required inscriptions surrounding, “United States”, “E Pluribus Unum”, and the denomination “Half Dollar”.

1995 Civil War Battlefields Half Dollars were issued in proof and uncirculated versions, both produced at the San Francisco Mint.