On November 10, 1775, the Second Continental Congress resolved to raise two battalions of Continental Marines, marking the formation of the United States Marine Corps.

In 2005, the United States Mint released a Silver Dollar Commemorative Coin in honor of the 230th Anniversary of the United States Marine Corps on November 10, 2005. This was the first time the United States released a coin to represent a branch of its military.

Only Congress may authorize official commemorative coins, and only the United States Mint may produce them. This coin was sold as both as a Proof Coin and an Uncirculated Coin. The obverse of the USMC Silver Dollar features Marines raising the American flag atop Mount Suribachi at Iwo Jima from the famous photograph captured by Joe Rosenthal shortly before the end of World War II. The reverse is an engraving of the official United States Marine Corps symbol, the eagle, globe and anchor with the Marine motto, Semper Fidelis, always faithful.

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