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1892 Columbian Expo Commemorative Half Dollar : A Collector’s Guide

1892 Columbian Exposition Half Dollar. Image: Legend Rare Coin Auctions / CoinWeek. By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes …. The 1892 Columbian Exposition Half Dollar commemorates the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s arrival in the New World and supports funding for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Authorized by Congress, it marks the inaugural U.S. commemorative coin […]

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1892 Columbian Expo Commemorative Half Dollar : A Collector’s Guide

V & E Coin News – 1892 Columbian Exposition Half Dollar. Image: Legend Rare Coin Auctions / CoinWeek. By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes …. The 1892 Columbian Exposition Half Dollar commemorates the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s arrival in the New World and supports funding for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Authorized by Congress, it

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Draped Bust Half Dime, Heraldic Eagle (1800-1805) | CoinWeek

1800 Draped Bust Half Dime. Image: Stack’s Bowers / CoinWeek. By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ….. The Half Dime Returns with a New Reverse Design Following a two-year gap in production, the mintage of half dimes resumed in 1800. The obverse portrait of Liberty remained, though slightly updated, but the reverse

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Draped Bust Half Dime, Heraldic Eagle (1800-1805) | CoinWeek

V & E Coin News – 1800 Draped Bust Half Dime. Image: Stack’s Bowers / CoinWeek. By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ….. The Half Dime Returns with a New Reverse Design Following a two-year gap in production, the mintage of half dimes resumed in 1800. The obverse portrait of Liberty remained,

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Christopher Columbus: His Decline in Numismatics and the Nation’s Collective Memory

  Image:Piombo / United States Mint / CoinWeek. By Heinz Tschachler ….. When in the early 1990s the United States was getting ready to commemorate the quincentennial of Christopher Columbus first landing on the Caribbean island of Guanahani, a bill was proposed that would eliminate the cent and the half-dollar and create a new small-dollar

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Christopher Columbus: His Decline in Numismatics and the Nation’s Collective Memory

V & E Coin News –   Image:Piombo / United States Mint / CoinWeek. By Heinz Tschachler ….. When in the early 1990s the United States was getting ready to commemorate the quincentennial of Christopher Columbus first landing on the Caribbean island of Guanahani, a bill was proposed that would eliminate the cent and the

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