Post Your US Mint Coins And Medals Depicting An African-American

Very nice!

All right, I'm not entirely sure this one counts (since it doesn't depict any specific African-American), but hopefully it's at least in the right spirit:

Nice addition, barryg!

American singer Marian Anderson (b. 1897 / d. 1993) began singing in her church's choir when she was just six years old. She went on to tour Europe in the 1930s, perform an open-air concert in front of an estimated 75,000 attendees at the Lincoln Memorial in 1939 and entertain audiences arund the world throughout her career. In 1955, she was the first African-American to perform with the New York Metropolitan Opera. In 1961, she performed at the inauguration of John F. Kennedy, and later received a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963; the medal was physically awarded by US President Lyndon B. Johnson on December 6, 1963, just two weeks after Kennedy's assassination.

Shown here is a bronze duplicate of Anderson's Presidential Medal of Freedom and a half-ounce gold medal that was part of the American Arts Gold Medallion Series (1980-84).


(Image Credit: Heritage Auctions.)

Nice addition, commems. Thank you for the information.

Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK) was a Civil Rights leader who advocated for peaceful solutions to racial (and other) issues. He was assassinated on April 4, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee. MLK was in Memphis to support the city's striking sanitation workers in a march planned for April 8. Upon exiting his room at the Lorraine Motel, he was shot in the head by a single bullet, generally believed to have been fired by James Earl Ray; MLK died approximately one hour later.

MLK has been the subject of multiple commemorative coin proposals, but, as of yet, none have made it to Public Law. Congress did honor MLK with a Congressional Gold Medal in 2004, however, with bronze duplicates available for sale to the general public.

2004 Martin Luther King, Jr. Congressional Gold Medal

(Image Credit: US Mint Media Image.)

(I didn't have my medal available for imaging, so I'm presenting US Mint images.)

great looking coin commem. it would be a nice one to obtain.

2021 Law Enforcement Memorial Silver Dollar Proof