Somali Rep – Bannockburn – Bruce Leads Army – 25 Shillings – 2013 – Gold-plated Colored Coin
St Helena – Napoleonic Wars – Battle of Jena – 25 Pence – 2013 – Gold-plated Colored Crown
Franklin Mint – History of the US – Pentagon Papers – 1971 – 45mm – Proof Bronze Medal – May 1 – Amtrack train service begins – May 2-5 – Antiwar protest in Washington – June 13 – New York Times begins publication of secret Pentagon Papers – June 30 – Voting age lowered to 18 by constitutional amendment – Aug 15 – Wages and prices “frozen” in effort to control inflation.
Franklin Mint – History of the US – US Enters Korean War – 1950 – 45mm – Proof Bronze Medal – Jan 25 – Alger hiss receives 5-year sentence for perjury in connection with spying – Feb – Senator McCarthy begins fight against Communism in government – May – Kefauver Committee holds hearings on organized crime – June 27 – U.S. forces are sent to repel invasion of South Korea.
Franklin Mint – History of the US – Nuremberg Trials – 1946 – 45mm – Proof Bronze Medal – U.S. hit by many labor strikes during adjustment to peacetime economy – July 4 – Granting of Independence to Philippines – Aug 1 – President Truman signs bill creating the Atomic Energy Commission – Oct 1 – Major Nazi leaders sentenced at Nuremberg for crimes against humanity.
Franklin Mint – History of the US – The War on the Homefront – 1943 – 45mm – Proof Bronze Medal – June 30 – U.S. forces begin “island hopping” offensive in the Pacific – July 10 – U.S. and British troops invade Sicily after defeating Axis powers in North Africa – Sept 8 – Italy surrenders buy German army holds northern part – Nov – U.S. war production reaches its peak.
Franklin Mint – History of the US – Battle of Midway – 1942 – 45mm – Proof Bronze Medal – Jan 5 – Tires are rationed, followed by other goods – Jan 16 – War Production Board set up – Apr 9 – Fall of Bataan to Japanese nearly ends organized resistance in the Philippines – June 3-6 – Japanese suffer huge losses in attempt to destroy U.S. Pacific Fleet at Midway.
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