The US Centennial coins will be available for purchase on January 17th, 2018. The .900 fine silver dollars are priced at $48.95 (uncirculated) or $53.95 (proof). These prices will rise by $5.00 after February 17th. A portion of the purchase price goes to help fund the National WW1 Memorial at Pershing Park in DC.
For more details go to this website.
These coins must be purchased directly from the US Mint . They are not available from KansasWW1.org.
James (“Jim”) Patton BS BA MPA is a retired state official from Shawnee, Kansas and a frequent contributor to several WW1 e-publications, including "Roads to the Great War," "St. Mihiel Tripwire," "Over the Top" and "Medicine in the First World War." He has spent many hours walking the WW1 battlefields, and is also an authority on British regiments and a collector of their badges.
An Army Engineer during the Vietnam War, he did work for the US World War 1 Centennial Commission and is affiliated with the WW1 Historical Association, the Western Front Association, the Salonika Campaign Society and the Gallipoli Association.
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