2013 Second Amendment HNH Copper Round

MintAOCS Mint (Frisco, TX)

IssuerHNH Coins (Willow Spring, North Carolina)

DistributorHNH Coins (Willow Spring, North Carolina)

CollectionAmerican Open Currency Standard - AOCS

Depicts a Minuteman standing at a snake-rail fence, musket held diagonally across his body, with a tree line and distant mountains behind him. The inscription "SECOND AMENDMENT" arcs above the figure, with the dates "1789" and "2013" flanking him at left and right.

Features a spread-winged eagle grasping a banner inscribed "AMENDMENT II," beneath which appears the constitutional text: "A WELL REGULATED MILITIA, BEING NECESSARY TO THE SECURITY OF A FREE STATE, THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS, SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED." The denomination "TWO" appears at the bottom rim. The left rim reads "ONE AV OUNCE .999 FINE COPPER," and the right rim reads "AOCS APPROVED • © 2013 HNH."

2013 Second Amendment HNH Copper Round Overview

The 2013 Second Amendment HNH Copper Round is a privately issued .999 fine copper barter round produced under the American Open Currency Standard (AOCS) program and issued by HNH Coins, a North Carolina coin and bullion dealership operated by Bernie and Melissa Hinson. The obverse depicts a Minuteman at a snake-rail fence, dated 1789/2013, while the reverse carries the full text of the Second Amendment beneath an eagle-and-banner device, along with the “AOCS Approved” acceptance mark and the “TWO” trade-value denomination used across the AOCS network.

This die pairing is distinct from an earlier, differently composed “Second Amendment” copper round also issued by HNH Coins in 2011 — that variety depicts the Minuteman standing on a stone plinth with a “PROTECTING OUR FREEDOM” legend, and was sold both through HNH Coins’ own catalog and directly through AOCS Mint’s storefront. The fence-pose design documented here was struck in copper in 2013 and restruck with an updated date in 2015; a silver version was also issued in 2013, though no silver counterpart to the 2011 die pairing has been documented.

2013 Second Amendment HNH Copper Round Attribution

No “MADE BY” or equivalent manufacturing legend appears on this round; the reverse rim inscription is a copyright credit (“© 2013 HNH”) rather than a struck mint mark in the AMC-style sense, so the Mint Mark field is recorded as None, and attribution runs through the Issuer and Distributor fields instead. The “© 2013 HNH” credit is attributed to HNH Coins LLC, a North Carolina limited liability company formally organized on March 23, 2011 — a formation date consistent with the earliest documented strike of the HNH “Second Amendment” design. This attribution is further supported by the “www.hnhcoins.com” URL struck directly into the reverse legend of the related 2011 die state, and by HNH Coins’ own archived catalog, which lists both the 2011 and 2013 “2nd Amendment” copper products by name.

The physical manufacturer of this round is attributed to Mulligan Mint (Dallas, TX), the documented AOCS manufacturing partner for the 2012–September 2013 window this piece falls within. No coin-specific mark, invoice, or dealer document ties this particular HNH Coins order to Mulligan Mint by name, so this attribution is flagged as attributed rather than confirmed. The Texas connection for this entry is carried independently by the coin’s membership in the American Open Currency Standard collection via the struck “AOCS Approved” mark.

2013 Second Amendment HNH Copper Round Notes

• Two visually distinct “Second Amendment” copper obverse dies are documented under the HNH Coins name: a 2011 plinth-pose Minuteman variety with a “PROTECTING OUR FREEDOM” legend, and this 2013 fence-pose Minuteman variety without that legend, later restruck with an updated 2015 date. These are separate compositions, not a single die with a changed date.
• Manufacturer attributed to Mulligan Mint (Dallas, TX); no coin-specific documentation confirms this, see Attribution above.
• A 2013 silver version of this same design is documented in HNH Coins’ catalog; no 2011 or 2015 silver counterpart has been found.

2013 Second Amendment HNH Copper Round References

• Documented example examined (this entry)
• WorthPoint — 2011 Second Amendment Medal (01572) listing, showing “www.hnhcoins.com” struck on reverse (comparative reference for design lineage)
• Archived aocsmint.com storefront (2011) — “2011 Copper ‘Second Amendment’ Bag of 250oz” listing
• Archived hnhcoins.com website (2011–2014, Wayback Machine)
• HNH Coins LLC business entity record
• Texas Stacker Archives

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