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1936 Columbia Sesquicentennial Half Dollar

Posted in Commemorative Coins, Silver Commemoratives

The 150th anniversary of the founding of the city of Columbia, South Carolina was celebrated with the issuance of a commemorative coin. A single design was struck at three different mint facilities, a practice that was later prohibited after abuses by other programs. A 32-year old student sculptor named A. Wolfe Davidson was the designer […]