The 1995 Special Olympics World Games Silver Dollar is a very curious issue that is for many just one of too many modern commemoratives issued in the last twenty years. The coins were produced in uncirculated format at the West Point Mint and in Proof format at the Philadelphia Mint amidst an outpouring of other […]
1935 Hudson Sesquicentennial Half Dollar
In the classic commemorative series there are a total of 50 different designs and 144 date/mintmark combinations. Of these, many are affordable for collectors on a budget, such as the Booker T. Washington and Washington-Carver half dollars struck at the end of the classic commemorative coinage era. Others, however, are a different story. The two […]
Arkansas Centennial Commemorative Half Dollar
Within the series of United States early commemorative coins, there have been numerous issues which were created to celebrate the centennial or other anniversary of a state of the Union. Such coins are treasured items that find an audience with collectors as well as interested people from the state, and they certainly would make an […]
1935 Connecticut Tercentenary Half Dollar
The 1935 Connecticut Tercentenary Commemorative Half Dollar is a somewhat underrated issue that was quite popular at the time of issue, selling out of the entire authorized mintage. While this issue is not considered to be the scarcest, most beautiful, or most difficult to find early commemorative half dollar, it is an issue whose intricate […]
Daniel Boone Bicentennial Half Dollar
Numismatics and coins in general can often be classified as a non-corrupted hobby, as in that prices generally change slowly, sometimes with a bit more rapid development when certain coin issues are promoted. However, generally speaking there aren’t many stories and advertisements in national newspapers regarding new coin issues, even though once in awhile a […]
Texas Independence Centennial Half Dollar
The year 1934 was an interesting one for the United States commemorative coins. Not only were the first commemoratives since 1928 produced (the Great Depression had put a halt on new issues), but it also was the first year that a number of commemorative half dollars were introduced that would be struck for numerous years […]
1934 Maryland Tercentenary Half Dollar
After the 1928 Hawaiian Commemorative Half Dollar was issued, it stayed very calm on the silver commemorative front, the result of the Great Depression of 1929-1933. Of course there likely was talk about new issues, but the next commemoratives were not struck and released until 1934, when what perhaps can be called the “Golden Age […]
1928 Hawaiian Sesquicentennial Half Dollar
One of the most popular and scarcest early commemorative half dollars, the 1928 Hawaiian Sesquicentennial Half Dollar was a classic the moment it was struck. It was one of the few classic commemoratives whose entire (low) mintage was sold out; it features a historic theme directly related to the European discovery of one of America’s […]
1927 Vermont Sesquicentennial Half Dollar
The 1927 Vermont Sesquicentennial Half Dollar is one of the lesser known of the classic commemoratives. Its issuance had been secured by the act of February 24, 1925, a full two years before the actual coins were struck and sold. The coins were requested, issued, and sold by the Vermont Sesquicentennial Commission, which requested a […]
Oregon Trail Memorial Commemorative Half Dollar
The Oregon Trail Memorial Commemorative Half Dollar is one of the most extensively produced classic commemorative half dollar issues of the United States Mint. Authorized by the Act of May 17, 1926, a total of six million pieces were authorized for production and sale, a huge number that was unprecedented up to that point. Initially […]
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