Navajo Code Talkers Commemorative Coin

Navajo Code Talkers Commemorative Coin

Navajo Code Talkers

1 1/2" diameter 1/8" thick bronze reproduction of Congressional Gold Medal of Honor awarded to remaining Navajo Code Talkers.

U.S. Federal Mint

On December 21, 2000, President Bill Clinton signed Public Law 106-554, 114 Statute 2763, which awarded the Congressional Gold Medal to the original 29 World War II Navajo code talkers and Silver Medals to each person who qualified as a Navajo code talker (approximately 300). In July 2001, President George W. Bush presented the medals to four surviving original code talkers (the fifth living original code talker was unable to attend) at a ceremony held in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC. Gold medals were presented to the families of the deceased 24 original code talkers. To fund the awarded coins, Congress authorized the Federal Mint to sell replica coins.

U.S. Federal Mint

Privately held.

The Code Talkers Recognition Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-420) was signed into law by President George W. Bush on November 15, 2008. The act recognized every Native American code talker who served in the United States military during WWI or WWII (with the exception of the already-awarded Navajo) with a Congressional Gold Medal.

1 1/2" diameter; 1/8" thick; bronze.

English and Navajo

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