2018-P WW1 Centenneial Silver Dollar PCGS First Strike PR70 DCAM Cleveland

Commemorative issue

World War I Centennial

Obverse

“Soldier's Charge,” depicts a soldier gripping a rifle with barbed wire in the lower right hand side.

Script: Latin 

Lettering:
LIBERTY
1918
2018
IN GOD WE TRUST

Engraver: Don Everhart

Reverse

"Poppies in the Wire," which features abstract poppies mixed in with barbed wire.

Script: Latin 

Lettering:
ONE DOLLAR
E PLURIBUS UNUM
UNITED STATES
of
AMERICA

Engraver: Don Everhart

Edge

Reeded

Mint

Comments

More than four million American families sent sons and daughters to serve in uniform during the Great War. In combat, 116,516 U.S. service members lost their lives, and another 200,000 were wounded—a casualty rate far higher than in World War II.

The first American troops arrived in France in June. Through voluntary enlistment and the new draft, U.S. forces grew to about 500,000 by the end of the summer.

In all, about 4 million Americans served in uniform, including 2 million deployed overseas. Their efforts in battles such as Belleau Wood, the Second Battle of the Marne, and the Meuse-Argonne Offensive helped turn the tide of the war and contributed to the Allied victory." ... US Mint

From 2013 to 2019, the World War One Centennial Commission and its partners will commemorate the centennial of the Great War, when more than 4,000,000 men and women from the United States served in uniform during World War One, among them 2 future presidents, Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower. Two million individuals from the United States served overseas during World War One, including 200,000 naval personnel who served on the seas. The United States suffered 375,000 casualties during World War One, including 116,516 deaths. The centennial of World War One offers an opportunity for people in the United States to learn about and commemorate the sacrifices of their predecessors, and to understand how the events of 100 years ago have affected our nation, its people, and the world ever since.