Crazy Horse Rugged Americans Coin Franklin Mint Sealed uncirculated

Description

Franklin Mint coin issued for Husky Oil. This auction is for a single sealed coin in original packaging.  Picture shows sealed coin and what front and back look like without the packaging.   This coin is slightly larger then a quarter and slightly smaller than a 50 cent piece.   See pic.
Prominent Oglala Sioux Indian leader. praised battle strategist.  Fought Custer at Little Big Horn.  Later surrendered to the US Army in despair.
1840
– September 5, 1877)
[3]
was a
Lakota
war leader of the
Oglala
band in the 19th century. He took up arms against the United States federal government to fight against encroachment by white American settlers on Native American territory and to preserve the traditional way of life of the Lakota people. His participation in several famous battles of the
Black Hills War
on the northern
Great Plains
, among them the
Fetterman Fight
in 1866 in which he acted as a decoy and the
Battle of the Little Bighorn
in 1876 in which he led a war party to victory, earned him great respect from both his enemies and his own people.
In September 1877, four months after surrendering to U.S. troops under General
George Crook
, Crazy Horse was fatally wounded by a bayonet-wielding military guard while allegedly
[4]
[5]
resisting imprisonment at
Camp Robinson
in present-day
Nebraska
. He ranks among the most notable and iconic of Native American warriors and was honored by the
U.S. Postal Service
in 1982 with a 13¢
Great Americans series
postage stamp
.
Sculptor:
Caesar Rufo
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