2013 Second Amendment HNH Silver Round

MintMulligan Mint (Dallas, Texas)

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 "FIFTY" appears at the bottom rim. The left rim reads "ONE TROY OUNCE .999 FINE SILVER," and the right rim reads "AOCS APPROVED • © 2013 HNH."

2013 Second Amendment HNH Silver Round Overview

The 2013 Second Amendment HNH Silver Round is a privately issued one-troy-ounce .999 fine silver 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 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. The reverse carries the full text of the Second Amendment beneath a spread-winged eagle grasping a banner inscribed “AMENDMENT II,” together with the “AOCS Approved” acceptance mark and the “FIFTY” trade-value denomination used across the AOCS network for one-ounce silver issues.

This die pairing is the silver counterpart to the 2013 Second Amendment HNH Copper Round, sharing the identical fence-pose Minuteman obverse and eagle-and-Second-Amendment-text reverse, differing only in metal content, weight standard, and the denomination struck on the reverse rim (“FIFTY” here versus “TWO” on the copper issue, reflecting the differing barter values assigned to silver and copper rounds within the AOCS network). This fence-pose design is itself distinct from an earlier “Second Amendment” round also issued by HNH Coins in 2011, which depicts the Minuteman standing on a stone plinth beneath a “PROTECTING OUR FREEDOM” legend; no silver example of that earlier plinth-pose die pairing has been documented, making this 2013 fence-pose piece the only confirmed silver “Second Amendment” issue in the HNH Coins line.

2013 Second Amendment HNH Silver Round Attribution

No manufacturer identification in the “MADE BY” sense appears on either face of this round. The reverse rim carries “AOCS APPROVED · © 2013 HNH,” a program-certification mark paired with a copyright credit rather than a struck mint mark naming the physical manufacturer; consistent with the treatment of the copper counterpart, the Mint Mark field is recorded as None, and attribution instead runs through the Issuer and Distributor fields. 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 HNH “Second Amendment” strikes.

The physical manufacturer of this silver die state 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 Silver Round Notes

• This is the silver counterpart to the 2013 Second Amendment HNH Copper Round; the two share an identical die pairing apart from metal, weight standard, and the “FIFTY” vs. “TWO” reverse denomination.
• No silver counterpart to the earlier 2011 plinth-pose “PROTECTING OUR FREEDOM” die pairing has been documented; this fence-pose 2013 design appears to be the only HNH “Second Amendment” round struck in silver.
• The copper version of this fence-pose design was restruck with an updated 2015 date; no 2015 silver restrike has been located to date.
• Manufacturer attributed to Mulligan Mint (Dallas, TX); no coin-specific documentation confirms this, see Attribution above.

2013 Second Amendment HNH Silver Round References

• Documented example examined (this entry)
• 2013 Second Amendment HNH Copper Round — Texas Stacker entry for the copper counterpart, including sourcing for the HNH Coins LLC attribution and the AOCS Mint working theory
• HNH Coins LLC business entity record
• Texas Stacker Archives

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