1 Dollar (Civil War Battlefield) obverse1 Dollar (Civil War Battlefield) reverse
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1 Dollar (Civil War Battlefield)

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The Silver Dollar That Chose Mercy Over Glory

Most war coins celebrate the charge. This one shows a soldier kneeling to give water to a wounded enemy. It was struck to save the ground where the Civil War actually happened — and its plain uncirculated version is now one of the harder modern commemoratives to find.

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