Coin, Commemorative
Object number2017.42.2
Date2006
MediumMetal
Credit LineGift of Tuskegee Airmen Memorial
DescriptionCommemorative Tuskegee Airmen coin. Bronze-toned metal coin. Front has three layered bust profile portraits of Tuskegee Airmen in varying dress; eagle with outstretched wings at bottom.DimensionsDiameter x Depth: 1.5 × 0.125 in. (3.8 × 0.3 cm)InscriptionsFront has text at top "TUSKEGEE AIRMEN" and at left center "1941" and right center "1949".
Reverse has text at top "ACT OF CONGRESS / 2006" and at bottom "OUTSTANDING COMBAT RECORD / INSPIRED REVOLUTIONARY REFORM / IN THE / ARMED FORCES".
Three airplanes on reverse each has a number on its rear side, from top to bottom "99", "332", and "477".
MarksMaker text at bottom center, to the bottom right of the eagle "PH".
Historical NotesTuskegee Airmen, Inc. commemorative coin.
Related institution
Tuskegee Airmen
Related institution
Tuskegee Airmen, Inc.
(founded 1974)
On View
Not on view
2000
2006
Image Watches, Inc.
after 1942
2013
1976
