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Hand and plaque
The hand touches rows of engraved marks. No full plaque text is transcribed from this reduced depiction.
American
Memorial Park
A gesture beside a place of remembrance.
A hand reaches the plaque while steps rise toward five flagpoles. The scene brings a human figure into a formal memorial setting.
Read the reverse ⟶DenominationQuarter dollar
Weight5 troy ounces
Fineness99.9% silver
Diameter76.2 mm
Mint markNone · bullion
IssuerUnited States Mint
Reverse design anatomy
Figure, gesture
and memorial space
The Mint describes a young woman in traditional attire before the Flag Circle and Court of Honor, resting her hand on a commemorative plaque. It does not name her or assign an ethnic identity.
The following close reading describes visible forms. It does not assign undocumented intentions to the artists.
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Flag circle
Five poles rise above the steps. The flags are part of the named memorial setting, not evidence of a visitor’s identity.
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The figure
A profile, draped clothing and hair occupy the right foreground. No emotion, endorsement or ceremonial role is inferred.
The place behind the coin
Two memorials.
Distinct dedications.
NPS distinguishes the Court of Honor from the later Marianas Memorial. Keeping those dedications separate avoids making the visible Flag Circle stand for every memorial within the park.
Court of Honor
NPS dates the Court of Honor and Flag Circle dedication to June 15, 1994. Its panels commemorate service personnel lost in the campaign; this is the setting identified on the coin.
NPS — memorial dedications ↗Marianas Memorial
Dedicated June 13, 2004, this separate memorial honors Indigenous Chamorros and Carolinians who died from war-related causes. Its existence does not establish the depicted woman’s identity.
NPS — distinct commemorated communities ↗- 1994Court of Honor dedication
- 2004Marianas Memorial dedication
- 2019Issue #47
Evidence boundary: depicted forms and Mint description are separate from NPS memorial history. The editorial reading claims neither community endorsement nor a named sitter.
Same design. A larger canvas.
From pocket change
to a statement in silver
The 2019 design also belongs to the circulating quarter. At 76.2 mm, the five-ounce silver coin is 3.14 times wider by diameter—not 3.14 times heavier.
The quarter is a measured outline: an exact authorized quarter photograph is not bound for this page. It is not a miniature bullion image.
Collect with context
Know the design.
Know the object.
Reverse design: Donna Weaver; sculpt: Phebe Hemphill.
- Standard bullion
- No mint mark · Authorized Purchasers · incuse edge weight and fineness.
- Collector five-ounce
- P mint mark · special finish · a separate object. Collector totals are not bullion mintages.