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...
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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...
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United States commemorative coins (redirect from Commemorative half dollar)
Columbian half dollar commemorating the 400th anniversary of Columbus' voyage to America. The following year, the Columbian Exposition quarter dollar...
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Isabella quarter (redirect from Columbian exposition quarter dollar)
price of $1 was the same as for the Columbian half dollar, and the quarter was seen as the worse deal. Nearly half of the authorized issue was returned...
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assistant engraver George T. Morgan. For the popular Columbian half dollar, and the Panama-Pacific half dollar and quarter eagle, Barber designed the obverse...
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The Long Island Tercentenary half dollar was a commemorative half dollar struck by the United States Bureau of the Mint in 1936. The obverse depicts a...
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nickel is a larger coin. Large heads also adorn the Morgan dollar and the Columbian half dollar commemoratives of 1892–1893; but these coins were rarely...
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The Oregon Trail Memorial half dollar was a fifty-cent piece struck intermittently by the United States Bureau of the Mint between 1926 and 1939. The...
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The Missouri Centennial half dollar is a commemorative fifty-cent piece struck by the United States Mint in 1921. It was designed by Robert Ingersoll...
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"the Lafayette dollar lacks the quaint, dated appeal of the Isabella quarter or the amusing originality of the Columbian half-dollar. Despite the necessity...
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Christopher Columbus Quincentenary coins (redirect from Christopher Columbus Quincentenary half dollar)
coins List of United States commemorative coins and medals (1990s) Columbian half dollar "Text of H.R. 3337 (102nd): 1992 White House Commemorative Coin...
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from the Columbian half dollar of 1892 to the Panama-Pacific issue of 1915, and would be the sole distributor of Louisiana Purchase dollars. On August...
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2019-03-29. "1892-1893 Columbian Exposition Half Dollar Commemorative Coin". 17 August 2010. Retrieved 2019-04-11. "The Early Quarter Dollars of the United States:...
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The Pilgrim Tercentenary half dollar or Pilgrim half dollar was a commemorative fifty-cent coin struck by the United States Bureau of the Mint in 1920...
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as the Morgan dollar, the reverse of the Columbian Exposition half dollar, and the reverse of the McKinley Birthplace Memorial gold dollar. Morgan was born...
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historic figure on an American coin, in 1892, with the commemorative Columbian half dollar. This sale later caused Snowden difficulties. As word got around...
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offered its first commemorative coins: the Columbian Exposition quarter dollar and Columbian Exposition half dollar The United States Post Office Department...
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The dollar coin is a United States coin with a face value of one United States dollar. Dollar coins have been minted in the United States in gold, silver...
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The Columbian Issue, also known as the Columbians, is a set of 16 postage stamps issued by the United States to commemorate the World's Columbian Exposition...
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coins. The Columbian Centinel (Boston, MA) first wrote an article about the new dollar coins on November 26, 1794: Some of the new dollars now coining...
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The Monroe Doctrine Centennial half dollar was a fifty-cent piece struck by the United States Bureau of the Mint. Bearing portraits of former U.S. Presidents...
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areas. Garratt gave him his first "rare" coin, a well worn 1893 Columbian half dollar. This would be his first exposure to numismatics. In 1945–46, his...
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the Mint created new coin designs, including the Barber coinage, Columbian half dollar, and Isabella quarter. In the case of the quarter, issued in 1893...
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rare and famous 1913 Liberty Head nickels. The 1892 Columbian Exposition Commemorative Half Dollar, engraved by Barber, was the first American coin that...
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Barber coinage (redirect from Barber half dollar)
and half dollar designed by United States Bureau of the Mint Chief Engraver Charles E. Barber. They were minted between 1892 and 1916, though no half dollars...
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the United States commemorative coin featuring Columbus on the Columbian half dollar. A 1998 book valued the Columbus and Isabella salt shakers as rare...
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them a major part of his business in the 1916–1920 era, including Columbian half dollars in groups and packets of coins sold to beginning collectors. When...
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George Washington University (redirect from Columbian College)
federally-chartered research university in Washington, D.C. Originally named Columbian College, it was chartered in 1821 by the United States Congress and is...
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History of Argentina (redirect from Pre-Columbian history of Argentina)
The history of Argentina can be divided into four main parts: the pre-Columbian time or early history (up to the sixteenth century), the colonial period...
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NCLT have historically circulated, such as the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition Half Dollars, which was a commemorative, and the 1856 Flying Eagle cent...
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