FOR THEY ARE FOREVER RELEVENT
1991 S USO S$1, PROOF


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Grade: NGC PF 69 ULTRA CAMEO
Owner: RMK-Collectibles
 
Winning Set: FOR THEY ARE FOREVER RELEVENT
Date Added: 12/26/2012
Research: See NGC's Census Report for this Coin

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Many of the key "foot soldiers" in the USO's mission were women. They were assigned to "provide friendly diversions for US Troops who were mostly men in their teens and twenties." All over the world USO centers rely heavily on volunteers to serve coffee, doughnuts, dance with troops, and much of the time just talking to and visiting with the men and women of todays forces.
FAST FACT: One female entertainer wrote about conditions while performing Quote " We've played to audiences, many of them ankle deep in mud, huddled under the ponchos in the pouring rain (it breaks your heart the first two or three times to see men so hungry for entertainment) We played on open stages in pouring rain, with huge tropical bugs flying in our face and hair, thousands of men to a few at a time where they were seated along fences and up in trees."
Catalog #KM-232. NGC Universal ID: 28RH. Mintage: 321,175. Population: 1882. Pre-issue Price: #28.00. Regular Price: $31.00.
the 1991 Silver Dollar had an established maximum mintage of one million The proof versions were struck at the San Francisco Mint and the uncirculated were struck at the Denver Mint. The coins were officially launched on June 8, 1991 during a victory for troops returning from opereation Desert Storm. The surcharge from each coin sold was split between the USO to fund its programs and the rest to pay down the national debt.

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