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		<title>1951-1954 George Washington Carver Half Dollar</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 18:13:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last design released for the early commemorative coins was the George Washington Carver Half Dollar. The authorizing legislation passed in 1951 called for the melting of all unsold Booker T. Washington Half Dollars and the recoinage into coins bearing conjoined profile portraits of George Washington Carver and Booker T. Washington. Part of the impetus [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1946-1951 Booker T. Washington Half Dollar</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 18:10:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of the problems that had occurred for earlier commemorative issues, reemerged with the Booker T. Washington Half Dollar. Authorized in 1946, the coins would be struck in five separate years across three different mint facilities, in an attempt to maximize sales. Eventually, more than one million coins were distributed. The artist Charles Keck, who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1946 Iowa Centennial Half Dollar</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 13:41:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a period of dormancy for commemorative coins, the Iowa Centennial Half Dollar was produced and issued in 1946 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Iowa&#8217;s statehood. Abuses of the commemorative coin program had come to the forefront after a Congressional hearing held on April 15, 1937. There were complaints about some programs which had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1938 New Rochelle Half Dollar</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 13:11:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 1938 New Rochelle Half Dollar was one of several early commemorative issues that celebrated an event of primarily local significance with the issuance of a coin on a national scale. These coins were conceived and planned by the Westchester County Coin Club of New Rochelle, New York. Initially, Lorrilard Wise was engaged to prepare [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1937 Battle of Antietam Half Dollar</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 13:10:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A commemorative half dollar was issued to mark the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Antietam, during which General McClellan thwarted General Lee&#8217;s invasion of Maryland. This followed a separate coin recently issued for the anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. The obverse of the Battle of Antietam Half Dollar features the profile portraits of [...]]]></description>
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