Texas Centennial half dollar
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The Texas Centennial half dollar was a commemorative fifty-cent piece struck by the U.S. Bureau of the Mint for collectors from 1934 to 1938. It features an eagle and the Lone Star of Texas on the obv
Texas Centennial half dollar obverse
Texas Centennial half dollar reverse
The Alamo Mission features prominently on the coin's reverse.
Advertisement for the 1934 Texas Centennial half dollar, January 1935
The York County, Maine, Tercentenary half dollar is a 50-cent commemorative coin minted in 1936 to mark the tercentenary of the founding of York County, Maine. The obverse shows Brown's Garrison, the
Texas Centennial half dollar
…sell more of the coins." Adair attributed the poor sales of the 1934 issue to a small advertising budget. Walter P. Nichols, later a distributor of the York County Tercentenary half dollar, wrote to Adair recommending that the committee pursue a design change to sell more coins. As alterations to the design required congressional approval…
York County obverse
York County reverse
This sketch from The Proprietors of Saco was the basis of the obverse of the York County half dollar.
The York County half dollar's broad rims have been compared with those of the pine tree shilling.