the commemorative coinage of the united states, 1892-1938 / by david m. bullowa

8/9/2019 The commemorative coinage of the United States, 1892-1938 / by David M. Bullowa

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T V ECO I NAGE

D S TA TE S

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ndisuniform

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tedStates by theAmer-

1922 wasthepointof

aph.

rieshasbeenconsiderably

ofninetyadditionalspeci-

ferenttypes.

dsomeyearsagomerely

umetothat already

makeavailablefactsand

bse uentlyissuedpieces.

tthe issueofMr. Wood s

austed itw asdeemedad-

volumecoveringthe

bringingtotheprevious

erialwhichhadbecome

aswellasacarefulemendation

sueof1 92totheGrant

presentte tisst i l lsubstan-

aredunderthenameof

nmadetomakethis

cebookbothto collectors

tis hopedthatthesupple-

ehelpful.Corrections

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tributedtothe prepara-

tw ouldbediff iculttoname

pressmy indebtedness

. O' R e il ly o f theTreasury

ohnR . Sinnock o f theBureau

toMessrs. C. . Dunnof

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w orkCity H enryW eil

anyofNew ork C ity

fNew ork C ity.

smyapprecia tiontothe

smaticSociety inpartic-

e C uratorandSecretary

osser ibrarian w ho

atmydisposaland have

irtimeand assistance.

eatobligationtothe late

ratoro f theAmericanNumis-

suggestionthepreparation

memorativeissuessince

andwhoseassistance

atice periencemadethis

rthroughout.Without

on itsvaluewouldhave

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T V ECO I NAGE

D S TA TE S

L O W A

ageoftheU nitedStates

as takenfirstplaceinthe

ectorsin America.The

sthe accelerationinthe

edbyC ongress anda

thenumberofcoins

int.Thisresultedin

heretoforehadbeen

berofcommemorative

ghtheyears thenumber

mhas likewiseincreased

roughtforthanewgroup

coinoftheU nited

2. t istobeobservedthat

undredyearsofU nited

nocommemorativeissues

memorativecoins

entalEuropeancoinages

centeringparticularlyin

hencoinedmarkevents

ventoday asw ellaspersonal

yhavesignificanceforthe

opeancommemorative

afterthediscoveryof

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V E C O I N AG E

ssedlarge ly insilverissues. The

theNew Worldminesde-

inEurope enabling

ncetolargersi epieces

do llar- si eco in.

mmemorativevehicle

e itse lf asancientGreek

militaryvictoriesandalli-

ge particularlyduringthe

hcommemorativeissues

ies bothpublicand

con uestsby forceofarms

theactivitiesoftheEmperor.

92wasthefirst Amer-

. tmightbenoted

houghtheU nitedStates

thiscelebration Spain

legaltender ualitiesof

debatedatlength.The

hatiflegaltender thecoins

proof-setsofthatyear.

otincludedin theproof-

st ionofpricetothepublic.

osell proofcoinsata

cevalue— theColumbian

wasaskingonedollarfor

rnmenthadincludedthese

ar theCommissionprice

ained.

erfromthe regular

by authori ationofCon-

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D S TA TE S

bear aspecialdesignand

rnmentagencies.These

rtheoccasionto becele-

ingAct C ongressusua lly

nswhich maybestruck

esthe numberofcoins

he needsofthecountry.

rculation ofthecom-

ereisfoundawidedivergence

egularcoinage.The

deitherto bankson

ry orto edera lR eserve

yanyof theseagenciesat

vecoinsarereceivedby

theauthori ingAct and

utethecoinsatwhatever

maintain.Theactual

emorativecoins withthe

ssues suchastheCo lumbian

oeDoctrineandtheStone

ynegligible.Therouteofthe

mtheMintto theCom-

ntothehandsof thedea leror

erta inthatthegenera l

rethan afewofthe

ativeissueswhichhave

nislega ltender andthe

y thattheco insauthori ed

ymenttotheamountof

hrasefirstappearsin the

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E C O I N AG E

heprevioussilverco inages

uarter-dollarandthe

do lla r w eretherefore legal

ceedingtendollars.The

enderto anyamount.All

memorativeorstandard

galtender.Thereareten

uthori edbetween19 4and

allegaltenderprovisionwas

andtheseissuesarelegal

ceedingtendollars.They

nsas Boone C onnecticut

e SanDiego SpanishTra iland

ars.

ppeareddidnot bearthe

E L U R I B U SU N U M an d N G O D W E

thesemottoeshavebeen

5 respectively . I nGod

edin1 64. Althougha ll

notborne thesemottoes

regularissueofhalf-

92carriedthem butthey

umbianseries. nfact

ttoesappearedoncom-

after thereseemstohave

erusage e ceptthat I n

e lectedmosto f tenw hena

d. Since19 5 a llcom-

epttheSanDiegoandOak -

eborne thethreemot-

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D S TA TE S 5

oinsoftheGovernment

edw henthef irst issueap-

hentheissuewasreleasedat

thegenera ltrendseemstobe

s.

eventhoughauthori edby

bysellingmoneyata con-

ebatable.Agreatmany

uredcommemorative

r financingsomeunder-

mentwishedtopartici-

ons suchasthato fH oover

d notbehiredoutby

tions andthatmeda ls

swell.

stforty -f iveyears over

ativetypeshavebeen

sofU nitedStates. nthe

gleissueattheseveral

eemstohaveadoptedthe

permanently it istobehoped.

hori a tionsappearunlik ely

a orityo f issuesauthori ed

mwas25 000co ins.

t thereareC ommissions

pecialseriesof re-issues

arsunlessretroactivelegis-

his feature.Abillwas

whichwouldhaveac-

butitwasside-trackedin

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E C O I N AG E

eco ins therehasbeenno

hingbetweentheobverse

rsehasbeenchosen as

nttype andithasbeen

ofollowthe officialdictum

namely thatona ll

uedsince1 70 thedateside

asonforthisTreasury

heobversedie mustbe

year thereforetheob-

side whichbearsthedate.

sruling wouldnotprove

thecommemorativeis-

stheTreasuryDepartment s

nota lw aysadheredto inthe ir

hedate inthemore

estionable sincemanyof the

edinoneyear w ithan

ddatetoappearuponthe

been struckinthe

ttleto distinguishthem.

ater inanumberofin-

teshavebeenanticipated

stwoyearsearlierthan

ndthere isnodateonthe

chitwasstruck.

madeitverydifficult

e uenceof the issues. f

theauthori ationdates

ons asthesesometimes

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D S TA TE S 7

onew eretore lyupontheactua l

asminted therewouldbe

causethe piecemightbe

rly onecannotdepend

thecoin asthisdoesnot

w hichitw asstruck as

herulethannot .

lut ion thefo llow ingplan

ueof commemorative

ashavingthree dates:

co inageyear andtheyear

hesethreeelements

andthecoinhas beenplaced

ar. o re ample the

authori edin19 4but

da t ed 1 9 5 i s c la s se d a s 19 5 .

ntheotherhand was

c o in e d in 1 9 7 b u t wa s d at e d

eforecloserto19 6than

ngthefactthatitcommemo-

n19 8 . nevery instance

edesignbutofdifferent

appeared ithasbeen

underthedateof thefirst

mmemorativecoins

nageActs ordisregarded

evedthatthe inclusionof

orthw hile asit isby the

r viewofthecom-

sisgained.Thereare

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V E C O I N AG E

wordingofasection is

spondingsectioninan

yofspace thecomplete

asbeengivenonly forthe

rs. na llsubse uent

on re ferencehasbeenmade

thepageofthismonograph

e sectionisshown.

ofplace regardingthe

ebeengiven.Every

mdirectsources orfrom

everpossible.Those

coinageasreported in-

ypieces.Somewriters

haveseenfittodisregard

theyhavenoconnectionwith

released andarestruck

nt sow naccountw ithout

t.These assaypieces

nincludedhere w iththebe lie f

recordswhichoften

gewillbe simplified.

uallystruck theyshould

epanciesappearbetween

hereandother accounts

ycoinagefigure will

beenmeltedinpartwith

pto f thevarie ties. n

nagefiguresforindividual

imations andtheonly

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D S TA TE S 9

ecombinedtotalforthe

alsof1925havebeen

sseriesasthey arenot

toctagonalmedalsissued

theyareoftenpopularly

shalf-dollars.Com-

rtof thenation smonetary

enot.

tak enasagroup fo rm

vemodernseries.The

rogressandadvanceof

orldto theNew andahost

rovidea valuablerecord.

oethatthechrono logicalar-

gthe onlyonetowhich

collectormayformhis

elationofthe Commemo-

upthe piecesrelatingto

keeptheStateCentennials

w il lpre fertohavetheE -

ves. erhapsthisfreedom

tasteaccountsforsomeof

orativecoins.What

idedependableinforma-

lcollectorsoftheseries

ir angleofapproach.

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V E C O I N AG E

NEX P O S T O NCO I NAGES

. 1 9 2A ND 1 9

c ommemorativecoin

so f theWorld s a irw ith

entthata specialissue

000inf ifty -centpiecesbe

position.Thisproposition

e SecretaryoftheTreas-

eMint.Apparently the

theybe usedprimarily

oassouvenirso f the a ir.

ttwicetheirface-valuewas

ninviewofthe financial

ng.

coined half-dollarsin

a nd a u ar te r- do ll ar i n 1 9 . T he

half-dollarswasplaced

llowingActwasapproved:

o2 0 — 5 2D C oN GR E s s

utthe actofCongress

h eighteenhundredand

acttoprovideforce lebratingthe

ryofthediscoveryofAmerica

byholdinganinternational

dustries manufactures andprod-

andsea inthecityo fC hicago

” andappropria tingmoney

teandHouseofR epresenta -

sofAmericain Congressassem-

seof aidingindefrayingthe

tablemannertheworkof

ngtheW orld sColumbian

edby theacto fCongressapproved

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D S TA TE S 11

Dominieighteenhundredand

hecityo fC hicago intheStateof

eco inedatthemintso f theUnited

thelegalweight andfineness

npieces tobek nownasthe

truckincommemorationof

nE position thedev icesand

eprescribed bytheDirector

heapprova lo f theSecretaryo f the

rcoinsshall bemanufactured

silvercoinsnowin the

onsoflawrelativeto the

ua lity andredemptionof the

oinsshallbe applicabletothe

andwhensorecoinedthereis

theTreasurythesaidfive

ollars andtheSecretaryof

edtopay thesametothe

position uponestimatesand

presidento f theWorld s

. . . rov ided how ever

oftheTreasuryshall payto

nE positionanyparto f thesa id

satisfactoryevidenceshallbe

tthesumof atleastten

ectedand disbursedasre-

vided Thatthesa idWorld s

llfurnishasatisfactory

ofthe Treasurythatany

sarytocompletetheworkof

eningthereofhasbeen orwill

d sC o lumbianE position

soconstruedastodelay or

ofthesouvenircoinsherein-

ereis herebyappropriated

Treasurynototherwiseap-

f fif ty thousanddo lla rs o rso

cessary toreimbursethe

coinagehereinauthori ed.

1 9 2 .

adeforthe half-dollar

sto whichportraitof

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V E C O I N AG E

ted.Thereversealsowas

on asitw asannouncedtothe

onBuildingat the air

countsstatedthatthe re-

evesselsof Columbus.

epreparedbytheengrav-

Mint. C. E. BarberandG.

verseandreverseofthe

portraitofColumbuswas

uck atMadridin1 92to

ryofColumbus discovery.

92 thef irstpiecew asstruck

t amemorabledate inthe

tescommemorativecoinage.

thatthetwoactsauthor-

positionco inagesprov ided

arysilver bethesourceof

uvenirissues. romthis

reasonablysurethatthe

ianE positionco inscontain

eated- liberty seriesw hich

previoushalf-century.

, M rs . o tt er a lm er s ug ge st ed

mitteeoftheH ouseof

0 000oftheappropriation

anagersof theWorld s

egiveninthe formofsouve-

authorityforthiscoinage

A P R O P R I A T O N Aw

ommission . . . andtenthou-

ationfor theBoardof ady

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D S TA TE S 1

souvenircoinsofthedenomi-

s andforthatpurposethere

softheU nitedStatessilver

ga lw eightandfineness notto

pieces thedevicesanddesigns

bedby theDirectorofthe

oftheSecretaryof theTreas-

s shallbemanufacturedfrom

rcoinsnowin theTreasury

ative tothecoinage legal-

dredemptionof thepresentsubsidi-

pplicabletothecoinsherein

.

E.Barber andisthe

tatesbearingtheheadof a

thef irstUnitedStatescom-

witharoyalcrownon it.

ter-dollarsbeganon une

st 4 00 th 1 49 2n d an d 1 9 2 n di m-

andcertificatesstatingthe

icago.

ositionhalf-dollarstruck

wassoldatasubstantial

onCompanypurchasedit

presentedtothenew C olum-

e ie ldMuseumofNatura l

The400th 1492nd and1 92nd

weresoldat highprices.

e publicatonedollar each.

esoldthroughtheBoardof

ollareach.

000ofthehalf-dollarsin

05 d at ed 1 9 , a t ot al o f5 0 02 1 05

0 5 2. 5 0 in v a lu e . A to t al o f 4 0 0 2

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nedin1 9 . Although

cordofcoinageofproofs

mtime totimeinbrilliant

his firstsouvenir

a tthecloseof theE position

ha lf-do lla rsremainedunso ld—

inghe ldintheTreasuryatWash-

hicagoand141 700inthe hila -

mainderbecamethe

etw eentheE positionman-

TreasuryCarlisle.The

vorhavingthese piecesput

uldbemanifestlyunfairto

hematone dollareach.

resubse uently throwninto

odaythehalf-dollarsare

insthatare inanyway

son.The uarter-dollars

wnas thehalf-dollars and

ition15 8 09unso ldpieces

nd melted.

peared theirreceptionby

ythecase withanewcoin

.Theflatnessofthe head

he P hilade lphia edger

ertheportrait wasin-

terorH enryWardBeecher.

thatit mustbeaportrait

s too causedmuchcriti-

e humorous—especially

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D S TA TE S 15

iponw heels. Theportra it

eteenthcenturyinterpre-

representationofa

eansailorofthefifteenth

s beardless to right

TE S O F A M E R I C A b e l o w: + C O L -

D O L L A R + A s ma ll i nc us ed B f or B ar -

llar.Entiredesignwithin

rave lsail ingto lef t rep-

agship the SantaMaria ;

sdiv idingdate14— 92

S CO L U M B A NE X P O S T O N C H I -

AsmallMforMorganin

whereportsideof mainsail

signwithinbeadedbor-

m. Silver.

onreverse .

the uarter-do lla rw eresub-

partmenttotheBoard of

odelsoftheobversewere

leo f sabellaasayoung ueen

ected andtheotherw iththe

ueen.Thereverseshows

omanholdingadistaff

sindustry.Thedesignfirst

en sBuildingatthe a ir.

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V E C O I N AG E

boutasmuchheraldedin

r andonthewho lethe

mment.Thepieceswere

mwhenissued andcom-

eworkindesignand

tonitself .

o fQ ueen sabe llao fSpa in

U N T E D ST A TE S O F A M ER I C A

9 p a ra l le l t o AM E R I C A . Al l

to lef t adista ff in le f t

ght a roundupperborder:

A D M A NA G ER S - a n d a r ou n d lo w er b o r-

Q U A R . D O L . A l l wi t hi n b ea d ed

ilver.

estampswasalsoissued

umbianE position and

tandfivedollar denomina-

est inthattheflagshipof

everseofthe half-dollar

tstamp.Theportraitof

rstampis takenfromthe

half-dollar butitfaces

lushpocketcasesmade

dat theE position.

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D S TA TE S 17

L V ER DO L L AR

rectedduringtheperiodof the

amonumenttoGenera l a fay-

ricanpeople.About

e uiredw erecontributedby

childrenofAmerica.The

erectingofthis statuewas

yetteMemorialCommission.

orkof aulBartlett.

99 theC ommissionasked

mentappropriationin

uvenirhalf-dollars.Thisidea

er dollarforasouvenir

enirDollarcameintobeing

M

o. 1 8 — 5 5 TH Co NG R Es s

M E N T : o r t he p u rp o se o f a id i ng i n

destal andcompletingina

oferectinga monumentin

ra l a fayette designedby the

mmission asafeatureofthe

edStatesinthe arisE posi-

eSecretaryof theTreasury

authori edtopurchase inthe

anddollarsworthofsilver

eofas maybenecessaryfor

edfor fromwhichthereshall

heU nitedStatessilver

nd finenesstothenumberof

tobek now nasthe afayette

emorationoftheerectionof a

afayette inthecityo f aris

o f theUnitedStates thedevices

nsshall beprescribedbythe

ththeapprovaloftheSecretary

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T V E C O I N AG E

lprov isionsof law re la tiveto

ender ua lity o f thepresent

ableto thecoinsissued

ensoco ined there isherebyap-

urythesaidfifty thousandof

eSecretaryofthe Treasuryis

sameatthedisposa lo f the

mmission acommissionorgan-

and authorityoftheCommis-

nitedStatestothe aris

undred.

1 9 9.

oftheDirectorof the

rforthisissue consist ingof

cesof f inesilver waspurchasedinthe

0 2. 0. Thisprov idedforthe

eseco insatthe hilade lphia

6piecesw erestruck .

fiedthatthesilver

emarketisworthyofnote

ngementsinthe Colum-

forthe coinagefromun-

ortwodollarseach

mentsinthe newspapers

motivesofCongressin

inprogress somedif f iculty

ommissionersdesiredthe

early aspossibleinthe

thecoinsw eretobearthedate

othepracticeof theMintto

coin.Thedifficultywas

gtheinscription

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D S TA TE S 19

f theUnitedStates. . .

e refore w asindependento f the

sstruck.Thecoinage

14th 1 99 theone-

thedeathofW ashington.

in onedayonanold

eightycoinsperminute.

orwardedto resident

the residento f the

Barber oftheMint

wasfromtheH oudonbust

ttew asf romthe Defender

h iberty meda lmadeby

is in1 24. Thestatueon

mBartlett sbeforea

eremadeanddiffers in

atueasit nowstandsin

shingtonand afayette

e : U N T E D . ST A TE S O F A M ER I -

E TT E D O L L A R # Al l wi th in

eofGenera l a fayetteto

dswordpointeddownward.

lmbranchw ithfourteenleaves

rtlett.Aroundborder:

TH E O U T H O F TH E U N TE D

R O F G EN - A A E TT E

I S # 1 9 00 & A l l w it h in b e ad e d

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V E C O I N AG E

m. Silver.

the afayetteDolla rw as

mbinations asnoted

st A i n A ME R I C A i s re c ut a n d

sfourteenleaves

w nw ards. I l lustra ted.

asbeenrecut andthef ina l

F a nd A A E TT E ar e br ok en

ossbartotheri ghtbase

I C A i s sp a ce d A M E R I C A T h e

closetotheAofAMER I C A. The

stfa llsto therighto f thetopof

A R .

the baseofthestatue

n up-turnedshortstem.

fallsoverthecenter

busto fWashington the

stfa llsoverthetopof the in

TA T ES i s c ut h i gh .

sfourteenshort leaves

astlea f fa llsbetw eenthe1

sa stemwithfourteen

astlea f fa llsoverthe1of1900.

inthatforthe firsttime

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D S TA TE S 21

neofour residentsis

ncefollowedon other

the inco lncentandthe

thestandardissues.

NA U R CH ASEEX P O S -

L AR S

0 4

by theWorld sC o lumbian

gemento f the ouisiana

h e ld a t S t. o u is M i ss o ur i i n

gresstomakeparto f thegenera l

0 000intocommemorative

obe lim itedto250 000pieces.

ss authori ingthese

ws:

M

o. 1 2 5 7T H C oN GR E ss

nalcommissionhereby

toe istonthef irstdayof uly

e : rov ided Thatuponthe

cretaryoftheTreasuryshall

mintsoftheU nitedStates

sandgolddollarsof legal

bek nownasthe ouisiana

struck incommemorationof

actw ords dev ices anddesigns

bedeterminedandpre-

theTreasury andallpro-

e coinageandlegal-tender

coinshallbeapplicableto the

ccordancewiththepro-

aymentofso muchofthe

iatedbysaidAct ofMarch

dandone toa idincarry ingfor-

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V E C O I N AG E

urchaseE position theSecretary

id twohundredandfifty

inedas aforesaidtothesaid

positionC ompany sub ectto

Act e ceptthatpaymento f

madeatanytimeuponthe

sitioncompany anduponsa id

cretaryofthe Treasurya

ttoprotecttheGovernment

utureperformanceofallthe

dfivemilliondollars soap-

thesaide positioncompany

1 9 02 .

four souvenircoinstobe

theva lueofonedo llarand

ach. Theywereespecially

sinceregulargolddollars

e1 8 9andformanyyears

keepsakesandsouvenirs

ovarie ties—one w iththe

on w ho w hile resident

urchasef rom rancefor

e ot h er w i th t h e he a d of t h e ma r -

ley w hosignedthebill

Governmenttothe

position.

000w erestruck andde-

ryatSt. ouis. The

E. Barberandaree -

-cutt ing. The ef ferson

old mint-medalengraved

ho d u ri n g e f fe r so n s t e rm o f of f ic e

TheMc inleyportrait

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D S TA TE S 2

orw hichthe resident

e actly250 25 pieces

ade lphiaMintand250of

sw ere la termelteddow n. Ason

thedatewaspartlyanantici-

pieceswerestruck inDecember

g175 17 w erestruck inthe

w ever bearthedate190 .

ublicattentionasdid

eissues anduntilrecently

stpeople.O nlyabout

0 000co insw ereso ld andthe

dabout1914—anunde-

egenerale cellenceofthe

ef fersonto lef t a round

TE S O F A M ER I C A a l l wi t hi n

D O L L A R , o l i ve b r an c h

un db or de r: O U I S A NA U R C H A S E

i ne er gu e: S T. O U I S A ll wi thi n

m.Gold.

w ithbusto f resident

secommemorativepostage

ef fersonandMc inley

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V E C O I N AG E

enominations respec-

c inleygolddollarsat

struckin brilliantproof

dpieceswereplacedin

signedandsealedby Mint

position inorderto

pieces uantitiesofthem

lrypurposes.Smallcard-

especiallyandappropriately

numberof thepieces

ptbythe Treasury

ntly asane ua lnumberof

probablythesamenumberof

thasbeenestimated

npercentmoreof theMc-

rsweresold.

AR K EX P O S T O N

S

E . 1 90 5

tennialE positionheld

n i n 1 90 5 w a s al s o co m me m o-

enirgolddollars.These

ach andbearthedates

vely.

mmissionedbythe

thenew lypurchased ouisi-

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D S TA TE S 25

i ingthesepieces

M

5 T H Co N GR E s s

prova lo f thisAct the

sha ll uponthere uesto f the

nnia landAmerican acif ic

a l a irC ompany causetobe

UnitedStatesnottoe ceed

sandgolddollars oflegal

bek nownasthe ew isand

lla r struck incommemoration

w ords dev ices anddesigns

bedeterminedandpre-

theTreasury andallpro-

e coinageandlegal-tender

coinshallbeapplicableto the

ccordancewiththeprovisions

insshall bedisposedofby

ury tothesa id ew isand

rican acif icE positionand

yatpar underrulesandregula -

eprescribedbyhim

1 9 04 .

tatethat 60 069pieces

d a te d 1 90 4 a nd 5 0 4 1 da t ed

notte llthetruestory . Of the

tember1904atthe hilade lphia

s l d an d 1 5 0 0 w e re m e lt e d

coMint. The a irManage-

hilade lphiaMint10 000

nt priortoitssummer

itiona l25 000duringMarch

ssibleorders andasnoneof

uently theentire25 000

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V E C O I N AG E

w ords about10 000ofeach

and40 000of the60 000

dtothe meltingpot.

andcommonplace

side.Becauseofthesmall

portra itsare insignif icant.

piecesappearedinthe

oneshortaccountof

numismatic ournals so

own.Theportraits were

theMint.

her ew isto lef t a round

K E X P O S T O N O R T A ND O R E .

eadedborder.

ark to le f t a roundtop:

A ME R I C A Be lo w: - O N E DO L L A R

m.Gold.

utdated1905onobverse.

serectedinhonoro f the

aw e a i n o r tl a nd O r e g o n i n

edfromthesaleof thegold

wea sassistance the ew is

uldhavebeenunsuccessful.

F I CEX P O S T O N

C A I F . 19 15

nternationalE position

1915 w astheoccasionfor

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D S TA TE S 27

ateriallydifferentfromits

event f if ty-do lla rgo ldcoins

thori edandco inedby the

ousfifty-dollargold

k nownas slugs ” struck in

ldminingdays w ere issuedin

eGovernmentassayers.

athattheE positionau-

oingtoissueanysouvenir

oseaformlongassociated

nominationsthanhad

onnectionwithane posi-

co insisnotableamongour

gthis specialissue

2 3 – 6 D Co NG R Ess

inageofcerta ingo ldandsilver

f the anama- acif ic nter-

ndforotherpurposes.

teandH ouseofR epresentatives

mericain Congressassembled

easuryshall causetobe

tesmintatSan rancisconot

ndgoldcoinsofthe denomina-

housandgoldcoinsof thedenom-

wenty-fivethousandgoldcoins

each andnote ceedingtw o

oinsofthe denominationof

galw e ightandf ineness sa id

memorationofthe anama

E position. Thew ords dev ices

s shallbedeterminedand

yofthe Treasury andall

othe coinageandlegal-

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T V E C O I N AG E

oldandsilvercoinsshall be

ed underandinaccordance

Act andone-halfofthe

reinauthori edshallbesimilar

$50goldpiecesissuedin

dredandfifty-one andthe

$2. 50 and$1co inshere in

anddeliveredbytheSecretary

anama- acif ic nternationa l

tpar underrulesandregulations

cribedbyhim.Thecoinage

onasmaybeandthedeliveryof

erthantheday oftheopening

0-centco inshere inauthori ed

there uesto f the anama-

E positionC ompany andshall

ecretaryoftheTreasury at

w hensa id anama- acif ic nter-

beofficiallyopen.

da lsanddiplomasof theE -

tsilverco inshere inau-

discretionof theSecretaryof the

nishedand issuedfromthe

asaparto f thee hibito f the

ide position andforthe

ee hibitasaneducativework-

thecoinssomintedmaybere-

fsaid 50-centsilvercoins

ssuedtoandatthere uesto f

nternationa lE position w hether

parto f sa idwork inge hibit

an rancisco sha llbere-

singof saide position.All

dto theco inage f in ishing or

coinsfrommachineryin-

de hibitsha llbeco ined

ersuchregulationsas theSecre-

escribe andtheSecretary

to bepreparedasuitable

metalor compositionofmetals

tobestruck of fby themachinery

. .

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D S TA TE S 29

ofthe Treasuryishereby

abledesignsfor thecoinsand

d andthesumof$5 000 orso

cessary isherebyappro-

eyinthe Treasurynotother-

efraythecostof saiddesigns:

anama- acif ic nternationa l

allreimbursetheTreasury

ntthuse pended.

6 1915.

rfive eagleswasde-

nofNew ork . tw asis-

gonalform.O ftheformer

ter1509werestruckduring

ulyandAugust. Aspecia l

kingmedalsat the hila-

oSan rancisco forthe

ookplacebeforea num-

une15 1915 theoctagona l

Thef irst29 slugs

guests andtheremain-

bythe variousemployees

teaccountofthecere-

matist f o rAugust 1915.

esis asfollows:

esso fw isdom sk il l con-

w eaving agricultureand

ldescription facingle f t

et aroundedgeofshield

e inR omannumera ls:

a b ov e i n f ie l d m o t t oi n

D W E / T R U S T a l l wi t hi n

er.Betweenmillingand

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V E C O I N AG E

er inlargelettersaround

S O F A M ER I C A a nd a r ou n d

DO L L A R S -

pedsymbolo fw isdomand

percheduponbranchof

esandneedlesf i l lthe

hto fow l inf ie ld insmall

B U S / U N U M - a l l wi t hi n d ou b le -

eenmillingand double-

nlargelettersaroundtop:

C - EX P O S T O N a r ou nd b ot to m:

S C O - B e lo w pi n e br a nc h a t o w l s

er sinit ialsincusedinsmall

f ield nearpinecone small

old.

seofthe octagonalissue

edescribedabove e cept

bverseandreversehave

tedesignoftheround

rom44mm. to 6% mm. on

ctagonalissuehaseight

othobverseandreverse

ptionandthe milling.

here surroundingthe

ytheideaoftheuninterrupted

bythe anamaCanal.

he anama- acif icissue

scommemorativecoin

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D ST AT ES 1

two diameters.Much

ythecriticsand E posi-

odifferingplanchetsof

thesamedesign.Disap-

ressedthatthedesigndid

on ” especia llywithtw osuch

eold gold-miningdaysand

anamaCanal.Thegeneral

inworkingoutapurely

orrowedfromclassical

only thingAmericanabout

.

o-and-a-halfdollargold

.E. BarberandGeorge

EvelynBeatrice

ork hadpreparedadesignfor

tocompletehermodelon

the firstcommemorative

iecestothenumberof

themonthof une 1915.

ithcaduceusinrighthand

ppocampusplungingto

e anamaC ana l above:

C - EX P O S T O N b e lo w in e e rg ue :

eright m int-marks.

w ithraisedw ings to

ar d i n sc r ib e d: E - L U R I B U S

T E D ST A TE S O F A M E R I C A B el o w

DOL .

m. Gold.

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V E C O I N AG E

ttractiveandalthough

usiasticallyreceived.

kofCharles eck ofNew

ngthemonthsofMay une

n d th e t ot a l co i na g e wa s 2 5 0 4

eceweremadebythe

w earingpeakedcap to le f t

throughwhoseeffortsthe

areality . nf ront intw o

DSTATESOF / AMER I C ABelow :

AR encircledby twodo lphins

wooceans.Around

o fifty-dollargoldcoin

C F I C - E P O S T O N b el ow :

C . n f ie ld b el ow D oo f DO L L A R , t h e

m.Gold.

mericananda bold

serieswasthehalf-

C.E.BarberandG. T.

eansasgracefulorsatisfying

ef t scatteringf low ers be-

holdinglargecornucopiato

ourcesof theWest. n

nGateandsettingsun

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D ST AT ES 3

paratingdate1915 preceded

h e ed g e A N AM A - A C F I C

i n R o ma n le tt er s.

edStatessurmounted

ef tandrightf ie lds anoak

emsofstabilityandpeace

e N G O D / W E T R U S T i n

ndedge: U N TED-STATES

bottom div idedbyshie ld:

L A R - T he D of DO L L A R t ou ch es

ceptf irst inR omanlet-

m. Silver.

ne 1915 therewere

iscoMint60 0 0of the

heE positionmanage-

o f theroundf if ty -do llarpieces

017melted mak ingnoac-

assaypieceswhichwere

lpieces 646w ereso ldand

k ewisenotaccountingforthe9

750 uarter-eaglesand

totheMint. Theentire issue

asdispersed andof the

0 0 0 we r e so l d an d 2 8 6 6 w er e

elting.Thecoinswere

especiallypreparedcases.

ces soldfortwohundred

ourpieces optiona lasto

roundfifty-dollarcoin ,

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V E C O I N AG E

esmallersets ofthree

s.Thesepieceswere also

arsfor the uarter-

egolddollar andonedollar

hehalf-dollardiestoSan

de lphia severa lgo ldessays

thesehavenomint-mark.

eswasthefirstoneto be

settingtheprecedentfor

s.

epostagestampswas

w iththe anama- acif ic

cthasthe distinctionof

ssueof commemorative

sua llyoverlook ed andcon-

hiswasthefirst Actto

e apracticewhichcon-

butwhichappearsinno

inswerethefirst commem-

mottoes.Eachdenomina-

larhase ither E luribus

od W e T ru st . E l ur ib us U n u m ”

manyof thestandard

es referstothethirteen

ed itmeans: O neouto f

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D ST AT ES 5

MEMOR I A

S

, 1 91 6A ND 19 17

wasissuedtohelp

and endowingamemorial

o thebirthplaceof resident

gressaidedthisundertaking

ow ingtheco instobestruck

alMc inleyBirthplace

obesoldat aprofit.The

e diesandthecoins.

w aspro ected butthisw as

llar.TheActof Congress

sas follows:

o2 0 6 4 T H C oN GR E s s

inageofaMc inleysouvenir

morationoftheerectionof a

inley la te residento f the



dingindefrayingthecostof

annerthe workoferectinga

es O hio toWill iamMc in-

theUnitedStateso fAmerica the

sha llbe andishereby au-

themark etsomuchgo ldbull ion

e purposehereinprovidedfor

coinedattheU nitedStates

standardgo lddo lla rso f the legal

thenumberofnote ceeding

ces tobeknownasthe

a struck incommemoration

ria ltoWill iamMc inley

nitedStateso fAmerica inthe

hisbirthplace thedev icesand

hallbe prescribedbythe

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V E C O I N AG E

andallprovisionsoflaw

egal-tender ualityofthe

e applicabletothecoins

andwhensocoinedsaidsouvenir

insuitableparce ls a tpar

nitedStates to theNational

morialAssociationandthe

2 , 1916.

d100 000pieces only

atthe hilade lphiaMint. They

917 respectively.During

20 026w erestruck dated1916

7w erestruck in ebruary .

C.E.Barber andthe

theengraversoftheMint.

caninno waycompare

ouisiana urchasedo llar.

hreedollarseachalthough

nedto askbuttwo

edtotheMint tobe

pieces—about5 000ofeach

inley to lef t a roundtop

S TA T ES O F A M ER I C A A ro u nd

E - D O L L A R

inleyMemorialBuilding.

B R T H P L A CE a ro un d bo rd er .

al er l e tt e rs : N L E S O H I O .

o li n es 1 9 16 a n d ME M O R I A c u rv e d

m.Gold.

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D ST AT ES 7

tdated1917onreverse.

reverse MC I N E

N L E S O H I O , i s u nu su al i n th at i t ha s

maintype w hichisthe

ding.

coinageis theonlyone

k ingatthe hilade lphia

ss.No otherAct

me e ceptingthato f the

chauthori edtheco inageat

ThisActa lsoprov idesfor

arygold inthemarket.

destructionofthediesis

dinnoother issue.

ersontohavehisportra it

uesofthe U nitedStates

hewasportrayedbothon

ouisiana urchase

SCENTENN A

1 t he S ta te o f l li no is w as

andtheC entennia lo f this

ughouttheState.Acom-

asstruckfortheoccasion

suchanevent.Thisset a

followedbynumerous

ntanniversariesintheir

i ingthiscoinage

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A T V E C O I N AG E

o. 1 6 – 6 5T H C oN GR E s s

coinageoffifty-centpieces

nehundredthanniversary

ateof l l inoisinto theUnion.



able andincommemorationof

rsaryoftheadmissionofthe

eUnionasaState theresha ll

heUnitedStates silver

mberofone hundredthou-

cestobeof thestandardtroy

diameter dev ice anddesign as

rectorof theMint w iththe

ftheTreasury andsaid

galtender inanypayment

evalue.

nforcerelatingtothe

e U nitedStatesandthe

ame regulatingandguarding

providingforthepurchaseof

ansportation distribution and

forthepreventionofdebase-

fo rsecurityo f theco in orfo r

ethersaidlawsarepenal or

arasapplicable apply to theco in-

rov ided ThattheGovernment

thee penseofmak ingtheneces-

ationsforthis coinage.

19 1 .

ecutionanddesign and

d.Theobversewasde-

andthereverseby . R .

eesoftheMint.The headof

heheroicstatue byAndrew

eatSpringf ie ld l l inois inAugust

adaptationof theSealo f the

hilade lphiaMintstruck

ces representingtheentire

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D ST AT ES 9

ust 191 . Theyw ereplaced

satonedo lla reach. Noneof

urnedtotheMint for

issiondisposedofa

o lntoright a roundedge in

N A O F T H E S TA TE O F

el ow b us t 1 9 1 n f ie ld b eh in d he ad i n

/ G O D / W E / T R U S T n f r on t :

indotanddashborder.

thupra isedw ings stand-

ndrightonthe U nited

eaglea ribbonwithmotto

ers readingvertically:

/ NA T O N A / U N O N n le ft

ve insmallGothicle tters:

/ U N U M A r ou nd t op b or de r: U N T ED -

ME R I C A A tb ot to m: H A F D O L L A R -

rder.Borderinscriptions

m. Silver.

residenttohavehisportra it

sueaswellasupon the

d.

A

admissionoftheStateof

20 theGovernorand

uestedtheGovernmentto

alf-dollar.Theauthori a-

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V E C O I N AG E

videdbyActof Congress

o1 99 — 6 6T H C oN GR E s s

eco inageof50-centpieces


ateofMaineintotheU nion.



able andincommemoration

ersaryofthe admissionof

eUnionasaState there

tsoftheU nitedStatessilver

berof onehundredthousand

ofthestandardtroyweight

dev ice anddesignassha llbe

f theMint w iththeapprova lo f

ry andsaid50-centpieces

ypaymenttotheamountof

o is i s su e S e ct i on 2 p a ge 8 .

20.

was placedinthehands

o f N ew o r k w h ol a te r

edesignof the eace

mmonplaceindesign

rtist asthespecif ications

1920 the hilade lphia

f thesepiecesandtheyw ere

ofthe StateTreasurer

ginalintentionwas

don saleattheCentennial

Ma ine buttheyw ere

. Atleast 0 000so ld

remainderwasgradually

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D S TA TE S 41

until thesupplywas

fMa ine apinetreewith

ountersunk , supportedby

tingagriculture the

rc e t h e an c ho r ; a b ov e a s t ar

R I GO insmallle tters ona

na secondscro ll: MA NE be-

argerletters aroundupper

TE S O F A ME R I C A a nd H A F

b o rd e r.

pineneedlesandcones:

/ 1 2 0 1 9 20 A t u pp e r bo r de r

R I B U S U N U M a n d b et w ee n t ip s

s I BER T Atlow erborder

ah: A NAGO D— WEA

m. Silver.

st commemorative

ordappearedinaddit ionto

U n u m . D i ri g o m e a ns :

MTER CENTENARY

S

A s s. 1 9 2 0 A ND 1 9 21

versaryofthelanding

ccasionforceremoniesboth

itedStatesduring1920

lymouth Massachusetts

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V E C O I N AG E

aryin1921byseveral

nationalattention.

uckin commemoration

ilgrimTercentenaryCom-

oughtheNational

Thesewereofferedat

hedates 1920and1921.

s follows:

o2 0 – 6 6t h Co NG R E ss


hreehundredthanniver-

i lgrims.



hethreehundredthanni-

the ilgrimsthereshallbe

nitedStatessilver50-cent

reehundredthousand such

estandardtroyweight com-

ev ice anddesignassha llbef i ed

t w iththeapprova lo f the

whichsaid50-centpieces

paymentto theamountof


20.

sAct 200 112of these

hilade lphiaMintin1920

o b er a n d 10 0 0 5 i n u l y

1 6 5 pi e ce s .

fthesehalf-dollars the

. Of the1920issue 4 , 000

heMint andof the1921

ecesw erereturnedformelt ing.

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D S TA TE S 4

dbythe ilgrimTer-

dweree ecutedbyCyrus

Bostonsculptor w hohas

nsub ects. Theobversebears

ford asarepresentative

wsasideview ofthe

o inmetw ithafa irmeasureof

herewascriticismregarding

b asa ilw hichhadnotcomeinto

ldhavebeenthes uare

bowsprit.

portra ito fGovernorBrad-

nica lhat andcarry ingBible

back ofhead insmallletters:

S T A b o ve a r ou n d bo r de r i n l ar g er

A TE S O F A M ER I C A B el o w

I L G R I M - H A F D O L L A R &

lincusedDforDall in.

sa il ingto le f t a round

R I M - T E R C EN T EN A R Y - C E E B R A -

border:#1620 1920&

m. Silver.

utw iththedate1921in

nodateofstrikingbut

rydates 1620-1920 the

snotableinthat it

tbytheColumbianhalf-

manyofthesubse uent

half-dollars whichvary

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V E C O I N AG E

auseofthe additionof

s.

dinconnectionwiththe

lebrationareofinterest

nationdepictsthe May-

thereverseof the ilgrim

NN A

S

headmissionoftheState

onDecember14 1 19

ereheldthroughoutthe

heCentennialCommission

tohaveacommemorative

sprovidedforbythe

gasfollows:

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ateofAlabamaintotheU nion.



andincommemorationof

rsaryoftheadmissionofthe

UnionasaState theresha ll

heU nitedStatessilver50-

rofonehundredthousand

ofthestandardtroyweight

dev ice anddesignassha llbe

f theMint w iththeapprova lo f

ry andsaid50-centpieces

ypaymenttotheamountof


20.

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AlabamaandtheMaine

medate.Thesetwo

ll ino isActo f191 , carry

maybestruckbythe

cable . TheMaineandthe

ktheyear theywereauthor-

ma i s su e d u e to d e la y a n

rose.Thecoinswereau-

memorateacentennialin

renotstruck until1921 so

versarydatesonthere-

ercoinagedate ontheob-

sdouble-datingplanseta

Thecoin wasdesignedby

o f N ew o r k i n co r po r at i ng

labamaCommission.

nsaleatBirmingham

ngofOctober26 1921

dentH ardingtothatcity.

dbythevarious banks

each.Theprofitfromthe

morativepurposes.Al-

100 000pieces only70 000

ruck6 006piecesin

heSt. Andrew sC rossdividing

fthehead ofGovernor

sC rossistheemblemon

w hich inturn w astaken

tle f lag. The 22 indi-

etwenty-secondState

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a n a dd i ti o na l 1 0 0 0 o f t he s e

w ellas54 0 0of thepla in

dbeenremovedfromthe

uck 16 014w iththe2X2

ai n v ar i et y . O f t h is i s su e 5 0 0 0

hepla invariety w erere-

tso fWill iamWyattBibb

andThomasE. i lby

entennia l 1919 , f acing

ninsmallle tters: B BB1921

a t l ow er l e ft t w el v e fi v e- p oi n te d

ow erright tensimila rstars

rightf ie ld incused: 2X2 at

N T E D ST A TE S O F A M ER I C A

elow insmallerle tters: N

t bo tt om : H A F D O L L A R

aneagleto le f tw ith

ta lons restingonshie ldof

onineagle sbeak w ith

insmallle tters: HER E-

roundupperborder in la rger

ABAMABelow aroundlow er

A 1 9 19 A t e t r em e l ef t

l l letters theartist sinit ials

m. Silver.

utw ithoutthe incused2X 2on

ilbyonthispiece has

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D S TA TE S 47

twasthefirst instanceof

rsononacoinof our

asa precedentforseveral

deedstrangethatthis signal

dedtoa residentor

reatersignificancein

teGovernor.

ngton theportrayalo f

eofthe U nitedStates

t h e 1 6 0 s a n d 70 s t h e

entofficialsdidappear

otesandfractionalcur-

ympatheticpublicreaction

etoabandonthepractice.

obinson respectively la ter

fhavingtheir ownpor-

atescoinage.Although

ceptionstothisunwritten

ppositiontotheprocedure.

CENTENN A

S

1 Missouriwasadmittedto

nnectionwiththeone-hundredth

commemorativehalf-

ori ationofthisissue

. 8 1 6 6T H C oN GR E ss

eco inageofa50-centpiece


riinto theU nion.

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ftheonehundredthanni-

fMissouriinto theU nion

emintsoftheU nitedStates

berof twohundredandfifty

piecestobe ofthestandard

on diameter dev ice anddesi

Directoro f theMint w iththe

ftheTreasury whichsaid

al tenderinanypaymentto

ue.


1921.

esw ereauthori ed only

erestruck atthe hilade lphia

f t h i s nu m be r t h e fi r st 1 0 0 0 0

eobverse2:4 andthe

ereof the issuewithoutstar.

iththeadditional2:4

epieceswerenotofferedfor

a f tera uantityo f the

.Thestarred variety

starwasontheorigina lhub

o permitstrikingofthe

opreparenewhubs.

l la rs presumablyo f thepla in

heMintto bemelted.

heworkofR obert

he anama- acif icE posi-

.Thehubsfor thedies

allicArt Companyof

is asfo llow s:

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ngedtothe frontiersman

dimprovement. nthemean-

tsandfirstillustrationsof the

ththeArms ofMissouri.

ommitteeofthe

hamberofC ommercewasmade

alcoins andtheSedalia

dthematonedollareach.

mbianhalf-dollar

esof theomissionofall

mmemorativehalf-dollar

ssumesspecialsig-

redin relationtothe

pes.

I A CO I NAGES

f U lyssesS.Grant

oughtforthanothersouvenir

eheldin O hio theState

asborn. n1921 an

oratedinthatState under

sesS. GrantC entenary

toconductappropriate

C ounty Ohio . tw asa lso

orialbuildingsinGeorge-

O hio w hereGrantlivedasa

e wasnamedasaW est

ethe l C lermontC ounty

ortwhileafterhisgradua-

ts ofthesevariousunder-

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D S TA TE S 51

constructionofahighw ay as

w asintroducedinC ongress

tomintgolddollars tobe

Committee.Afteranum-

ndments thebillpassed

lows:

o. 1 7 — 6 7T H C oN GR E s s

eco inageofaGrantmemoria l

emorialsilverhalfdollarin

ntenaryofthebirthof General

residento f theUnitedStates.



dingindefrayingthecostof

dinginthe villageofGeorge-

O hio anda lik ebuildinginthe

montC ounty Ohio asamemoria l

a te residento f theUnited

oseof constructingahighway

New R ichmond Ohio to

er m on t C ou n ty O h i o t h e pl a ce o f

t tobek nownastheGrant

esha llbeco inedinthemintso f

Grantmemoria lgo lddolla rsto the

dGrantmemorialsilver

oftwohundredfiftythou-

fastandardTroyw eight com-

designassha llbef i edby the

pprovedbytheSecretaryof

dcoinsshallbe legaltenderto

value tobek now nasthe

randthe Grantmemorial

commemorationofthe

ly ssesS. Grant la te resi-

s.

elatingtothegold coins

ofthe U nitedStatesandthe

ame regulatingandguarding

providingforthepurchaseof

ansportation distribution and

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forthepreventionofdebase-

fo rsecurityo f theco ins or

whethersuchlawsare penalor

arasapplicable apply to theco in-

rov ided ThattheU nitedStates

thee penseofmak ingtheneces-

ationfor thiscoinage.

2 1922.

200 000golddollars

b ectionsontheground

e drawnawayfrommore

e10 000golddollars

d250 000silverha lf-do lla rsw ere

memoria l w assubstituted

” indescribingtheco ins.

samefor boththegold

llar wastheworkof

w hohadprev iouslydesigned

ialfor hermaidenname

Grantissue. Themodelsfor

redpriortothose forthe

theMintat hilade lphia

ars thef irst5 000ofw hich

eldasmallincusedstar

yremovedforthesecond

er therewerea lsostruck

a lf -dolla rs. Thef irst5 006of

ncusedstar.Thecoins

hemonthofApril tw o

assage.Thehalf-dollars

ch andthegolddollars

heplainissue andat

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orthe varietywiththe

dcoinswassoldby the

esilverha lf -dolla rs 750of

27 650of thepla in

eMint.

amaandMissouricoins

otheaddedsymbols but

arentlynosignificance.

cedontheco in theyw ould

k ofGrantasGeneral.

onthehalf-dollarwasnot

twasbroughtaboutby

esofthe half-dollarwhen

ed.Thiscommemorative

suetocarryanyof the

esS. Grantinmilitary

w truncation insmallf igures:

a t le f t: U L Y S S E s / - S - a nd a t

perborderin largeletters:

A M E R I C A a nd a t b ot t om O N E

ncusedf ive-po intedstarinob-

AofAMER I C Aandabove

n i n o i nt l e as a nt O h i o

y.Tallsilvermapletrees

a t le f t: E / L U R I - / B U S

rderinlargerle tters: NGO D

m.Gold.

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