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½ Dollar (Old Spanish Trail) – United States

Non-circulating coins

Commemoration: 400th Anniversary of the Old Spanish Trail

United States

Context

Year: 1935

Issuer: United States

Period:

Federal republic

(since 1776)

Currency:

Dollar

(since 1785)

Subdivision: ½ Dollar = 50 Cents

Total mintage: 10,008

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

OBVERSE ↑

⟳

flip

REVERSE ↓

References

KM: #172

Numista: #78899

Value

Exchange value: ½ USD = $0.50

Bullion value: $32.68

Inflation-adjusted value: 11.99 USD

Obverse

Description:

Longhorn cow head.

Inscription:

UNITED · STATES · OF · AMERICA

E PLURIBUS UNUM

LIBERTY

ALVAR NUÑEZ CABEZA DE VACA

HALF DOLLAR

Translation:

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

OUT OF MANY, ONE

LIBERTY

ALVAR NUÑEZ CABEZA DE VACA

HALF DOLLAR

Script: Latin

Languages: English, Latin, Spanish

Engravers: Edmund J. Senn, Lyman W. Hoffecker

Reverse

Description:

The reverse features a southeastern U.S. map section with a marked trail, overlaid by a blooming yucca tree.

Inscription:

OLD · SPANISH · TRAIL

EL PASO

IN GOD WE TRUST

1535 ▾ 1935

L.W.H

Script: Latin

Engravers: Edmund J. Senn, Lyman W. Hoffecker

Edge

Reeded

Mints

Name	Mark
United States Mint of Philadelphia	—

Mintings

Year	Mint Mark	Mintage	Quality	Collection
1935	—	10,008

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½ Dollar

1935-1936