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Foreground figure
The crouched figure and diagonally held equipment occupy the lower-left field. No individual name is assigned.
War in the Pacific
National Historical Park
The shoreline is a historical threshold.
Two advancing figures, vessels and a sharply defined waterline structure the reverse. The Mint locates the scene at Asan Bay on Guam.
Read the reverse ⟶DenominationQuarter dollar
Weight5 troy ounces
Fineness99.9% silver
Diameter76.2 mm
Mint markNone · bullion
IssuerUnited States Mint
Reverse design anatomy
Figures across
the landing scene
The Mint identifies American forces coming ashore at Asan Bay during the fight for Guam. The engraving is a commemorative scene, not an identified photograph of named participants.
The following close reading describes visible forms. It does not assign undocumented intentions to the artists.
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Approach through water
A smaller figure advances near the waterline, separating the foreground from the vessels behind.
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Landing craft edge
A tracked form enters from the right. Its exact model and crew are not established in the reviewed sources.
The place behind the coin
Asan, 1944.
Remembrance beyond the landing.
NPS records the July 21, 1944 landing at Assan Beach by the Third Marine Division and the fighting to secure the beachhead. The Mint uses Asan Bay; NPS also uses Assan for the local place name. These are source spellings, not different coin identities.
NPS’s Asan Bay Overlook account includes military losses and the suffering of Chamorro civilians during occupation and battle. That history extends beyond the figures selected for the coin. No named soldier, eyewitness viewpoint or complete battle chronology is claimed.
- 21 July 1944Landing at Assan Beach · NPS
- GuamPlace and issue jurisdiction
- 2019Issue #48
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 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: Joel Iskowitz; sculpt: Michael Gaudioso.
- 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.