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Buy the 1 oz Don't Tread On Me Silver Round (Eternal Vigilance Edition) — struck from 1 troy ounce of .999 fine silver by Golden State Mint.
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The 1 oz Don't Tread On Me Silver Round (Eternal Vigilance Edition) is a strong expression for one of the most enduring symbols of American liberty, the Gadsden Flag. This round was minted by Golden State Mint from .999 fine silver and features a reverse design with a portrait of the bald eagle and a message to 'Eternal Vigilance' to preserve freedom, along with a reverse that is highly detailed and depicts a coiled rattlesnake.
The round has genuine numismatic design pedigree, and it's equally compelling to silver stackers, history buffs and Americana themed bullion collectors alike, thanks to its patriotic symbolism and design by famed sculptor-engraver Thomas D. Rogers who worked for the United States Mint.
The design of this round is directly inspired by one of America's most recognizable flags. It opens in 1754, the year of the French and Indian War when Benjamin Franklin, an editor of the Pennsylvania Gazette, prints a political cartoon in his paper of an 8-headed rattlesnake representing America's eight colonies. The infamous warning, 'JOIN, OR DIE' ran under the snake. The cartoon referenced a folk superstition that if a snake's parts were put back together before sunset, the snake could be magically "rejoined" and "rejuvenated," a powerful image for the unity of the colonies against outside threats.
Ten years later, when revolution was in full swing and the tensions growing with Britain were reaching a boiling point, South Carolina Colonel Christopher Gadsden took a fresh look at Franklin's rattlesnake design, creating a new one: a snake undivided, coiled, and in a state of readiness, on a bright yellow field with the words 'DON'T TREAD ON ME' below it. Gadsden gave this flag to Commodore Esek Hopkins, the newly appointed commander in chief of the Continental Navy, to fly on his ship, the USS Alfred, in the fall of 1775. In the same year, the first Continental Marines enlisted in Philadelphia and were equipped with a yellow drum with the same coiled rattlesnake design.
Franklin expanded on the meaning of the symbol in an anonymous letter to the Pennsylvania Journal in 1775, signed ‘An American Guesser’ – which is now believed to have been written by Franklin. He mentioned that the rattlesnake's 13 rattle snakes symbolized the 13 colonies, and that the snake's nature was excellent: She doesn't have any eyelids, which means she's always vigilant; she doesn't attack first, but when provoked, she never surrenders. Therefore, says Franklin, 'she is an emblem of magnanimity and true courage. The Gadsden Flag was never adopted by the Continental Congress, but it became, and continues to be, one of the most widely recognized and lasting symbols of the determination, individual liberty, and defiance of any authority that might be extended beyond its limits.
This large rattlesnake is depicted intricately with fangs extended, tongue out and coiled, ready to strike a blow, a faithful interpretation of the original Gadsden Flag imagery.
The design is surrounded by the text 'DON'T TREAD ON ME' in large, bold capital letters. Also in the script is 'ESTABLISHED IN 1754,' the year when Benjamin Franklin's original 'Join, or Die' cartoon, the first appearance of the rattlesnake symbol in American political imagery, was made.
The high relief strike emphasises the textured scales and muscular coiled form of the snake in remarkable relief, over a smooth polished background.
A bald eagle perched, wings folded, with a bundle of arrows beneath it, holding an olive branch in its talons, representing the strength and the peace of the United States, is depicted on this Great Seal.
A banner below the eagle reads ‘ETERNAL VIGILANCE,' a principle of American citizenship that has held true for generations: liberty is a matter of constant vigilance.
The rim inscriptions are ‘THE PRICE OF LIBERTY' at the top and ‘1 OZ .999 FINE SILVER' at the bottom. While historians have yet to substantiate the claim that Thomas Jefferson actually uttered the phrase, it has been more than two hundred years popularly, if not definitively, credited to Jefferson for rallying Americans to the cause of the young republic's cherished liberties.
Thomas D. Rogers, a United States Mint sculptor-engraver, designed this round. Rogers is a professional numismatist, and the private mint release reflects this, with the artwork and technique showing artistic and technical polish that is reflective of decades of experience in designing official US coinage.
Golden State Mint has been around since 1974, and has earned a reputation for producing some of the most beautifully detailed rounds and bars in the bullion industry. Being a privately minted round, the face value is not issued by the government, which is generally lower than the premium charged over the silver spot price on many government-issued coins and prime round silver is still available with investment-grade .999 fine purity.
There are currently over one round available in BOLD, under the theme 'Don't Tread On Me'. This 'ETERNAL VIGILANCE' and 'THE PRICE OF LIBERTY' inscribed bald eagle reverse is this Eternal Vigilance Edition. In total, the Silver Shield Collection includes a 2025 Silver Shield Don't Tread On Me round with a different reverse design, which is a vertical sword encircled by sacred geometry and triquetra symbolism. Since both use rattlesnake designs on the obverse, buyers should ensure that the one they are buying is a specific design; the reverse designs and underlying series vary considerably.
The 1 oz Don't Tread On Me Silver Round (Eternal Vigilance Edition) is a strong expression for one of the most enduring symbols of American liberty, the Gadsden Flag. This round was minted by Golden State Mint from .999 fine silver and features a reverse design with a portrait of the bald eagle and a message to 'Eternal Vigilance' to preserve freedom, along with a reverse that is highly detailed and depicts a coiled rattlesnake.
The round has genuine numismatic design pedigree, and it's equally compelling to silver stackers, history buffs and Americana themed bullion collectors alike, thanks to its patriotic symbolism and design by famed sculptor-engraver Thomas D. Rogers who worked for the United States Mint.
The design of this round is directly inspired by one of America's most recognizable flags. It opens in 1754, the year of the French and Indian War when Benjamin Franklin, an editor of the Pennsylvania Gazette, prints a political cartoon in his paper of an 8-headed rattlesnake representing America's eight colonies. The infamous warning, 'JOIN, OR DIE' ran under the snake. The cartoon referenced a folk superstition that if a snake's parts were put back together before sunset, the snake could be magically "rejoined" and "rejuvenated," a powerful image for the unity of the colonies against outside threats.
Ten years later, when revolution was in full swing and the tensions growing with Britain were reaching a boiling point, South Carolina Colonel Christopher Gadsden took a fresh look at Franklin's rattlesnake design, creating a new one: a snake undivided, coiled, and in a state of readiness, on a bright yellow field with the words 'DON'T TREAD ON ME' below it. Gadsden gave this flag to Commodore Esek Hopkins, the newly appointed commander in chief of the Continental Navy, to fly on his ship, the USS Alfred, in the fall of 1775. In the same year, the first Continental Marines enlisted in Philadelphia and were equipped with a yellow drum with the same coiled rattlesnake design.
Franklin expanded on the meaning of the symbol in an anonymous letter to the Pennsylvania Journal in 1775, signed ‘An American Guesser’ – which is now believed to have been written by Franklin. He mentioned that the rattlesnake's 13 rattle snakes symbolized the 13 colonies, and that the snake's nature was excellent: She doesn't have any eyelids, which means she's always vigilant; she doesn't attack first, but when provoked, she never surrenders. Therefore, says Franklin, 'she is an emblem of magnanimity and true courage. The Gadsden Flag was never adopted by the Continental Congress, but it became, and continues to be, one of the most widely recognized and lasting symbols of the determination, individual liberty, and defiance of any authority that might be extended beyond its limits.
This large rattlesnake is depicted intricately with fangs extended, tongue out and coiled, ready to strike a blow, a faithful interpretation of the original Gadsden Flag imagery.
The design is surrounded by the text 'DON'T TREAD ON ME' in large, bold capital letters. Also in the script is 'ESTABLISHED IN 1754,' the year when Benjamin Franklin's original 'Join, or Die' cartoon, the first appearance of the rattlesnake symbol in American political imagery, was made.
The high relief strike emphasises the textured scales and muscular coiled form of the snake in remarkable relief, over a smooth polished background.
A bald eagle perched, wings folded, with a bundle of arrows beneath it, holding an olive branch in its talons, representing the strength and the peace of the United States, is depicted on this Great Seal.
A banner below the eagle reads ‘ETERNAL VIGILANCE,' a principle of American citizenship that has held true for generations: liberty is a matter of constant vigilance.
The rim inscriptions are ‘THE PRICE OF LIBERTY' at the top and ‘1 OZ .999 FINE SILVER' at the bottom. While historians have yet to substantiate the claim that Thomas Jefferson actually uttered the phrase, it has been more than two hundred years popularly, if not definitively, credited to Jefferson for rallying Americans to the cause of the young republic's cherished liberties.
Thomas D. Rogers, a United States Mint sculptor-engraver, designed this round. Rogers is a professional numismatist, and the private mint release reflects this, with the artwork and technique showing artistic and technical polish that is reflective of decades of experience in designing official US coinage.
Golden State Mint has been around since 1974, and has earned a reputation for producing some of the most beautifully detailed rounds and bars in the bullion industry. Being a privately minted round, the face value is not issued by the government, which is generally lower than the premium charged over the silver spot price on many government-issued coins and prime round silver is still available with investment-grade .999 fine purity.
There are currently over one round available in BOLD, under the theme 'Don't Tread On Me'. This 'ETERNAL VIGILANCE' and 'THE PRICE OF LIBERTY' inscribed bald eagle reverse is this Eternal Vigilance Edition. In total, the Silver Shield Collection includes a 2025 Silver Shield Don't Tread On Me round with a different reverse design, which is a vertical sword encircled by sacred geometry and triquetra symbolism. Since both use rattlesnake designs on the obverse, buyers should ensure that the one they are buying is a specific design; the reverse designs and underlying series vary considerably.
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