The United States Sesquicentennial coin issue consisted of a commemorative half dollar and quarter eagle struck in 1926 at the Philadelphia Mint for the 150th anniversary of American independence. The
1926 50C Sesquicentennial
1926 $2 1 2 Sesquicentennial
The Cincinnati Musical Center half dollar or Cincinnati Music Center half dollar is a commemorative 50-cent piece struck by the United States Bureau of the Mint in 1936. Produced with the stated purpo
Thomas G. Melish
Theodore Thomas
Cornelius Vermeule compared the Cincinnati coin with the Sesquicentennial half dollar.
Letter from Melish to a would-be purchaser of the half dollar