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Hands and pole
The grasp and diagonal staff make the action visible without a caption.
Fort Moultrie
A flag returns to the ramparts.
A turning figure, a sweeping flag and a distant ship compress the Battle of Sullivan’s Island into one forceful action.
Read the reverse ⟶DenominationQuarter dollar
Weight5 troy ounces
Fineness99.9% silver
Diameter76.2 mm
Mint markNone · bullion
IssuerUnited States Mint
Reverse design anatomy
Follow the hands.
Then follow the flag.
The Mint names Sergeant William Jasper returning the regimental flag under British naval attack. The crescent-bearing flag must not be mislabeled as the Stars and Stripes.
The following close reading describes visible forms. It does not assign undocumented intentions to the artists.
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The crescent
The flag’s crescent is visible near its upper edge. Color is not supplied by this silver image.
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The ship
A small sailing ship at right supplies the naval setting. No ship name is inferred.
The place behind the coin
Sullivan’s Island,
28 June 1776
NPS records Jasper retrieving the fallen regimental flag during the British attack on the unfinished fort on Sullivan’s Island. The coin commemorates that action rather than illustrating the later brick fort.
Fort Moultrie’s place in the 2016 program used the parent designation Fort Sumter National Monument. That issue-era identity is retained; it does not turn this 1776 scene into the Civil War attack on Fort Sumter.
- 1776Battle of Sullivan’s Island
- 1809Later brick Fort Moultrie · Mint record
- 2016Issue #35
Historical context, not a reconstruction. No unverified event photograph is used.
Same design. A larger canvas.
From pocket change
to a statement in silver
The 2016 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: Richard Scott; sculpt: Joseph Menna.
- 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.