NGC

½ Dollar (Dutch settlement on Long Island) – United States

Non-circulating coins

Commemoration: 300th Anniversary of Dutch settlement on Long Island

United States

Context

Year: 1936

Issuer: United States

Period:

Federal republic

(since 1776)

Currency:

Dollar

(since 1785)

Subdivision: ½ Dollar = 50 Cents

Total mintage: 81,826

Material

Diameter: 30.6 mm

Weight: 12.5 g

Silver weight: 11.25 g

Shape: Round

Composition: 90% Silver

Magnetic: No

Technique: Milled

Alignment: Coin alignment

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References

KM: #182

Numista: #17393

Value

Exchange value: ½ USD = $0.50

Bullion value: $32.63

Inflation-adjusted value: 11.70 USD

Obverse

Description:

A Dutch settler and an Algonquin Native American, their overlapping heads suggesting harmonious coexistence.

Inscription:

LIBERTY

E·PLURIBUS·UNUM

Script: Latin

Engraver: Howard K. Weinman

Reverse

Description:

17th-century Dutch merchant vessel.

Inscription:

UNITED·STATES·OF·AMERICA·HALF·DOLLAR

IN GOD WE TRUST

·1936·

LONG·ISLAND

·TERCENTENARY·

Script: Latin

Engraver: Howard K. Weinman

Edge

Reeded

Mints

Name	Mark
United States Mint of Philadelphia	—

Mintings

Year	Mint Mark	Mintage	Quality	Collection
1936	—	81,826

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1936