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The Columbian half dollar is a coin issued by the Bureau of the Mint in 1892 and 1893. The first traditional United States commemorative coin, it was issued both to raise funds for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition and to mark the quadricentennial of the first voyage to the Americas of Christopher Columbus, whose portrait it bears.
Face value Coin Obverse design Reverse design Composition Mintage Available Obverse Reverse 50¢ Columbian half dollar: Christopher Columbus: Port view of the Santa María above two hemispheres flanked by the date 1492 90% Ag, 10% Cu Authorized: 5,000,000 (max 1892-1893 total) Uncirculated: 950,000 (P) 1892 [2]
Lettered Edge, 1807–1836 (Silver) Year Mint Mintage [4] Comments 1807 (P) 750,500 Small/large stars, 50 over 20, and Bearded Liberty varieties. 1808
1797 Draped Bust Half Dollar. The 1797 draped bust half dollar coin was the final draped bust design on the half dollar and only ran for two years, according to CoinCollecting.com. Fewer than ...
Most standard US commemorative coin lists begin with the 1892 Columbian half dollar commemorating the 400th anniversary of Columbus' voyage to America. The following year, the Columbian Exposition quarter dollar featuring Queen Isabella of Spain was issued. [4] In 1915, the mint issued the Panama–Pacific half union, which
These can range in value from a few hundred dollars each to several thousand dollars and more. One of the highest prices paid came in 2018, when a 1958 Full Bell Line Franklin half dollar sold for ...
The half dollar, sometimes referred to as the half for short or 50-cent piece, is a United States coin worth 50 cents, or one half of a dollar.In both size and weight, it is the largest circulating coin currently minted in the United States, [1] being 1.205 inches (30.61 millimeters) in diameter and 0.085 in (2.16 mm) in thickness, and is twice the weight of the quarter.
The rarest half dollar is the 1892-O "Micro O", in which the mint mark "O" for New Orleans was impressed on the half dollar die with a puncheon intended for the quarter; other key dates are the regular 1892-O, 1892-S, 1893-S, 1897-O, 1897-S, 1913, 1914, and 1915. The last three dates have very low mintages but were preserved in substantial numbers.