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US Commemorative Half Dollar 1926-1939
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Face value: half dollar ($1/2=50 cents)
Composition: silver 0.900
Diameter 30.6 mm.
Weight 12.5 g.
Edge: Reeded
U.S. SESQUICENTENNIAL
Price for coin in XF condition $80-100
Minted:
1926
Reverse: Liberty Bell
Reverse legend: HALF DOLLAR / SESQUICENTENNIALOF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE / E PLURIBUS UNUM / 1776 1926
Obverse: George Washington and Calvin Coolidge conjoint busts right
Obverse legend: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / LIBERTY / IN GOD WE TRUST
Number in Krause catalog: KM#160
OREGON TRAIL MEMORIAL
Price for coin in XF condition $130-150
Minted:
1926, 1928, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939
Reverse: Conestoga wagon pulled by oxen left towards sunset
Reverse legend: OREGON TRAIL MEMORIAL / IN GOD WE TRUST
Obverse: Native American standing in full headdress and holding bow, US Map in background
Obverse legend: HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Number in Krause catalog: KM#159
VERMONT SESQUICENTENNIAL
Price for coin in XF condition $150-200
Minted:
1927
Reverse: Catamount advancing left
Reverse legend: HALF DOLLAR / BATTLE OF BENNINGTON IN GOD WE TRUST 1777-1927 / AUG.16 / E PLURIBUS UNUM
Obverse: Ira Allen bust right
Obverse legend: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / IRA ALLEN FOUNDER OF VERMONT
Number in Krause catalog: KM#162
HAWAIIAN SESQUICENTENNIAL
Price for coin in XF condition $1000-1500
Minted:
1928
Reverse: Native Hawaiian standing over view of Diamond Head
Reverse legend: E PLURIBUS UNUM / 1778 1928
Obverse: Captain James Cook bust left
Obverse legend: HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / IN GOD WE TRUST / CAPTAIN JAMES COOK DISCOVERER OF HAWAII
Number in Krause catalog: KM#163
MARYLAND TERCENTENARY
Price for coin in UNC condition $150-200
Minted:
1934
Reverse: Maryland state arms
Reverse legend: MARYLAND TERCENTENARY / 1834-1934
Obverse: Lord Baltimore, Cecil Calvert bust righ
Obverse legend: HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / IN GOD WE TRUST / E PLURIBUS UNUM / CECIL CALVERT
Number in Krause catalog: KM#166
TEXAS CENTENNIAL
Price for coin in UNC condition $150-180
Minted:
1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938
Reverse: Winged Victory kneeling beside Alamo Mission, small busts of Sam Houston and Stephen Austin at sides
Reverse legend: THE TEXAS INDEPENDENCE CENTENARY / REMEMBER THE ALAMO / 1836-1936
Obverse: Eagle standing left, large star in background
Obverse legend: HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / IN GOD WE TRUST / E PLURIBUS UNUM / 1934
Number in Krause catalog: KM#167
CONNECTICUT TERCENTENARY
Price for coin in UNC condition $200-250
Minted:
1935
Reverse: Charter oak tree
Reverse legend: CONNECTICVT 1635-1935 / IN GOD WE TRUST / LIBERTY / THE CHARTER OAK
Obverse: Eagle standing left
Obverse legend: HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / E PLURIBUS UNUM
Number in Krause catalog: KM#169
HUDSON, N.Y., SESQUICENTENNIAL
Price for coin in UNC condition $450-550
Minted:
1935
Reverse: Seal of the City of Hudson
Reverse legend: CITY OF HUDSON / ET DECUS ET PRETIUM RECTI / E PLURIBUS UNUM / 1785-1935
Obverse: Hudson's ship, the Half Moon sailing right
Obverse legend: HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / IN GOD WE TRUST / HUDSON
Number in Krause catalog: KM#170
OLD SPANISH TRAIL
Price for coin in UNC condition $800-1000
Minted:
1935
Reverse: The 1535 route of Cabeza de Vaca's expedition and a yucca tree
Reverse legend: OLD SPANISH TRAIL / EL PASO / IN GOD WE TRUST / 1535-1935
Obverse: Long-horn cow's head facing
Obverse legend: HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / E PLURIBUS UNUM / LIBERTY / ALVAR NUNES CABESA DE VACA
Number in Krause catalog: KM#172
SAN DIEGO PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION
Price for coin in UNC condition $100-150
Minted:
1935, 1936
Reverse: State of California exposition building
Reverse legend: SAN DIEGO 1935 / IN GOD WE TRUST / CALIFORNIA PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION
Obverse: Seated female with bear at her side
Obverse legend: HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / LIBERTY
Number in Krause catalog: KM#171
DANIEL BOONE BICENTENNIAL
Price for coin in UNC condition $50-80
Minted:
1935, 1936, 1937, 1938
Reverse: Daniel Boone and Native American standing
Reverse legend: IN GOD WE TRUST / E PLURIBUS UNUM / DANIEL BOON BICENTENNIAL / 1934 PIONEER YEAR / 1936
Obverse: Daniel Boone bust left
Obverse legend: HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Number in Krause catalog: KM#165
ARKANSAS CENTENNIAL - Liberty and Indian Chief's
Price for coin in UNC condition $100-150
Minted:
1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939
Reverse: Liberty and Indian Chief's conjoint heads left
Reverse legend: ARKANSAS CENTENNIAL / 1836 1936
Obverse: Eagle with outstretched wings and Flag of Arkansas in background
Obverse legend: HALF DOLLAR 1936 / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / ARKANSAS / IN GOD WE TRUST / E PLURIBUS UNUM
Number in Krause catalog: KM#168
ARKANSAS CENTENNIAL - Joe T. Robinson
Price for coin in UNC condition $100-150
Minted:
1936
Reverse: Sen. Joseph T. Robinson bust right
Reverse legend: ARKANSAS CENTENNIAL 1836 1936 / LIBERTY / JOSEPH T. ROBINSON
Obverse: Eagle with outstretched wings and Flag of Arkansas in background
Obverse legend: HALF DOLLAR 1936 / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / ARKANSAS / IN GOD WE TRUST / E PLURIBUS UNUM
Number in Krause catalog: KM#167
ALBANY, N.Y., CHARTER ANNIVERSARY
Price for coin in UNC condition $150-200
Minted:
1936
Reverse: Standing figures of Thomas Dongan, Peter Schyuyler and Robert Livingston
Reverse legend: ALBANY N.Y. SETTLED 1614 CHARTERED 1686 / 1936
Obverse: Beaver knowing on maple branch
Obverse legend: HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / E PLURIBUS UNUM / IN GOD WE TRUST
Number in Krause catalog: KM#173
SAN FRANCISCO - OAKLAND BAY BRIDGE
Price for coin in UNC condition $150-200
Minted:
1936
Reverse: Oakland Bay Bridge
Reverse legend: SAN FRANCISCO - OAKLAND BAY BRIDGE / 1936
Obverse: Grizzly bear facing
Obverse legend: HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / IN GOD WE TRUST / LIBERTY
Number in Krause catalog: KM#174
BRIDGEPORT, CONN., CENTENNIAL
Price for coin in UNC condition $100-150
Minted:
1936
Reverse: P.T. Barnum bust lef
Reverse legend: BRIDGEPORT CONNECTICVT CENTENNIAL / R.T.BARNVM / 1836-1936
Obverse: Eagle standing right
Obverse legend: HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / IN GOD WE TRUST / E PLURIBUS UNUM / LIBERTY
Number in Krause catalog: KM#175
CINCINNATI MUSIC CENTER
Price for coin in UNC condition $350-400
Minted:
1936
Reverse: Kneeling female with lyre
Reverse legend: CINCINNATI A MUSIC CENTER OF AMERICA / 1886-1936 / IN GOD WE TRUST / E PLURIBUS UNUM / LIBERTY
Obverse: Stephen Foster bust right
Obverse legend: HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / STEPHEN FOSTER AMERICA'S TROUBADOUR
Number in Krause catalog: KM#176
CLEVELAND - GREAT LAKES EXPOSITION
Price for coin in UNC condition $50-100
Minted:
1936
Reverse: Dividers and map of the Great Lakes
Reverse legend: CLEVELAND CENTENNIAL / 1836 GREAT LAKES EXPOSITION 1936 / IN GOD WE TRUST / E PLURIBUS UNUM
Obverse: Moses Cleaveland bust left
Obverse legend: HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / LIBERTY / MOSES CLEAVLAND
Number in Krause catalog: KM#177
COLUMBIA, S.C., SESQUICENTENNIAL
Price for coin in UNC condition $200-250
Minted:
1936
Reverse: Figure of Justice between capitols of 1786 and 1936
Reverse legend: COLUMBIA SOUTH CAROLINA / SESQUICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF THE CAPITAL / LIBERTY / 1786 1936
Obverse: Palmetto tree
Obverse legend: HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / E PLURIBUS UNUM / IN GOD WE TRUST
Number in Krause catalog: KM#178
DELAWARE TERCENTENARY
Price for coin in UNC condition $200-250
Minted:
1936
Reverse: Kalmar Nyckel sailing left
Reverse legend: DELAWARE TERCENTENARY / 1638 1938 / E PLURIBUS UNUM / LIBERTY
Obverse: Old Swedes Church in Wilmington
Obverse legend: HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / IN GOD WE TRUST / 1936
Number in Krause catalog: KM#179
ELGIN, ILL., CENTENNIAL
Price for coin in UNC condition $150-200
Minted:
1936
Reverse: Statue group
Reverse legend: HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / LIBERTY / PIONEER MEMORIAL / ELGIN ILLINOIS / E PLURIBUS UNUM
Obverse: Trygve Rovelstad
Obverse legend: PIONEER / IN GOD WE TRUST / 1673 1936
Number in Krause catalog: KM#180
BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG 75TH ANNIVERSARY
Price for coin in UNC condition $450-500
Minted:
1936
Reverse: Double blased fasces seperating two shields
Reverse legend: HALF DOLLAR / 1863 75TH ANNIVERSARY BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG 1938 / IN GOD WE TRUST / 1936
Obverse: Union and Confederate veteran conjoint busts right
Obverse legend: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / BLUE AND GREY REUNION / LIBERTY / E PLURIBUS UNUM
Number in Krause catalog: KM#181
LONG ISLAND TERCENTENARY
Price for coin in UNC condition $50-100
Minted:
1936
Reverse: Dutch sailing vessel
Reverse legend: 1936 LONG ISLAND TERCENTENARY / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HALF DOLLAR / IN GOD WE TRUST
Obverse: Dutch settler and Native American conjoint head right
Obverse legend: LIBERTY / E PLURIBUS UNUM
Number in Krause catalog: KM#182
LYNCHBURG, VA., SESQUICENTENNIAL
Price for coin in UNC condition $200-250
Minted:
1936
Reverse: Liberty standing, old Lynchburg courthouse at right
Reverse legend: HALF DOLLAR / LYNCHBURG VIRGINIA SESQUICENTENNIAL / E PLURIBUS UNUM / 1786 1936
Obverse: Sen. Carter Glass bust left
Obverse legend: CARTER GLASS / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / IN GOD WE TRUST / LIBERTY
Number in Krause catalog: KM#183
NORFOLK, VA., BICENTENNIAL
Price for coin in UNC condition $300-400
Minted:
1936
Reverse: Royal Mace of Norfolk
Reverse legend: HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / NORFOLK VIRGINIA LAND GRANT / 1636 / IN GOD WE TRUST / E PLURIBUS UNUM / LIBERTY
Obverse: Seal of the City of Norfolk
Obverse legend: BOROUGH OF NORFOLK BICENTENNIAL / 1936 / TOWN 1682 BOROUGH 1736 CITY 1845 / CITY OF NORFOLK VIRGINIA / ET TERRA RT MARE DIVITIAE TUAE / CRESCAS
Number in Krause catalog: KM#184
RHODE ISLAND TERCENTENARY
Price for coin in UNC condition $100-150
Minted:
1936
Reverse: Williams in canoe hailing Native American
Reverse legend: 1636 RHODE ISLAND 1936 / IN GOD WE TRUST / LIBERTY
Obverse: Shield with anchor
Obverse legend: HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / HOPE / E PLURIBUS UNUM / 1936
Number in Krause catalog: KM#185
WISCONSIN TERRITORIAL CENTENNIAL
Price for coin in UNC condition $100-150
Minted:
1936
Reverse: Pick axe and mound of lead ore
Reverse legend: WISCONSIN TERRITORIAL CENTENNIAL / 4TH DAY OF JULY ANNO DOMINI 1836 / 1936
Obverse: Badger from the Territorial seal
Obverse legend: HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA E PLURIBUS UNUM / IN GOD WE TRUST / LIBERTY
Number in Krause catalog: KM#188
YORK COUNTY, MAINE, TERCENTENARY
Price for coin in UNC condition $100-150
Minted:
1936
Reverse: York County seal
Reverse legend: YORK COUNTY / FIRST COUNTY IN MAINE / 1636 1936 / IN GOD WE TRUST
Obverse: Stockade
Obverse legend: HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / LIBERTY / E PLURIBUS UNUM
Number in Krause catalog: KM#189
ROANOKE ISLAND, N.C.
Price for coin in UNC condition $150-200
Minted:
1937
Reverse: Ellinor Dare holding baby Virginia, two small ships flanking
Reverse legend: THE COLONIZATION OF ROANOKE ISLAND NORTH CAROLINA / THE BIRTH OF VIRGINIA DARE / IN GOD WE TRUST / 1587-1937
Obverse: Sir Walter Raleigh bust left
Obverse legend: HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / E PLURIBUS UNUM LIBERTY / SIR WALTER RALEIGH / 1937
Number in Krause catalog: KM#186
BATTLE OF ANTIETAM 75TH ANNIVERSARY
Price for coin in UNC condition $500-600
Minted:
1937
Reverse: Burnside Bridge
Reverse legend: SEVENTY FIFTH ANNIVERSARY BATTLE OF ANTIETAM / E PLURIBUS UNUM / THE BIRNSIDE BRIGE SEPTEMBER 17 1862
Obverse: Generals Robert E. Lee and George McClellan conjoint busts left
Obverse legend: HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / IN GOD WE TRUST / LIBERTY / GEN GEORGE MC CLELLAN GEN ROBRT E LEE
Number in Krause catalog: KM#190
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y.
Price for coin in UNC condition $300-400
Minted:
1938
Reverse: John Pell and a calf
Reverse legend: NEW ROCHELLE NEW YORK / SETTLED 1688 INCORPORATED 1899
Obverse: Fleur-de-lis from the seal of the city
Obverse legend: HALF DOLLAR / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / E PLURIBUS UNUM / LIBERTY / IN GOD WE TRUST / 1938
Number in Krause catalog: KM#191