In 2007 to celebrate Legendary Fighting Ships the Royal Mint on behalf of the Solomon Islands released a very Limited Issue USS Hartford $25 Twenty Five Dollar Silver Proof Coin struck in solid .999 Silver weighing one ounce of pure Silver.
The reverse depicts the USS Hartford while the obverse features a portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Ian Rank Broadley.
These legal tender coins have been struck to proof quality using specially prepared dies and highly polished blanks.