Classic Gold and Silver Commemorative Coins
Commemorative coins were authorized to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the admission of Arkansas into the Union. The Arkansas Centennial Half Dollars (Buy on eBay) ended up being issued during five separate years, across three different mints. The coins became controversial due to the stream of variations created specifically to market to collectors, as well […]
A commemorative coin issue was approved to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the founding of the colony of Connecticut. The design for the 1935 Connecticut Tercentenary Half Dollar (Buy on eBay) would be quite striking art Deco representations of an oak tree and bald eagle. The famous Charter Oak appears on what is usually considered […]
The Daniel Boone Half Dollar (Buy on eBay) was minted to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of the famous frontiersman, explorer, and folk hero. Originally, the coins were struck at the Philadelphia Mint to coincide with the bicentennial year. During the next four years, the coins would continue to be struck, across three […]
The Texas Independence Centennial Half Dollar (Buy on eBay) had a rather ambitious maximum authorized mintage of 1,500,000 pieces, well above the modest levels of other recent issues. Eventually, the coin would be struck in five different years across three different Mint facilities. Most collectors consider the Texas Half Dollar to have one of the […]
After several years lacking new commemorative coins, the 1934 Maryland Tercentenary Half Dollar (Buy on eBay) was issued to mark the 300th anniversary of English colonists arriving in Maryland. The colonists were sponsored by Cecil Calvert, or Lord Baltimore, who is depicted on the obverse of the coin. Both the obverse and reverse were designed […]