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1921 Alabama Centennial Half Dollar

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The 1921 Alabama Centennial Half Dollar (Buy on eBay) celebrated the 100th anniversary of statehood two years after the fact. Also of note, this represented the first U.S. coin to depict a living person. Authorization for 100,000 of the silver half dollars had been received in May 1920, with the coins to be produced “as […]