NGC

½ Dollar (Norfolk) – United States

Non-circulating coins

Commemoration: 200th Anniversary of the Borough of Norfolk

United States

Context

Year: 1936

Issuer: United States

Period:

Federal republic

(since 1776)

Currency:

Dollar

(since 1785)

Subdivision: ½ Dollar = 50 Cents

Total mintage: 16,936

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: #184

Numista: #78984

Value

Exchange value: ½ USD = $0.50

Bullion value: $32.51

Inflation-adjusted value: 11.70 USD

Obverse

Description:

Norfolk's seal: a sailing ship over wheat sheaves and a plow.

Inscription:

BOROUGH · OF · NORFOLK · BICENTENNIAL

TOWN · 1682 · BOROUGH · 1736 · CITY · 1845

· CITY · OF · NORFOLK · VIRGINIA ·

ET · TERRA · ET · MARE · DIVITIAE · TUAE

· CRESCAS ·

1936

Translation:

BOROUGH · OF · NORFOLK · BICENTENNIAL

TOWN · 1682 · BOROUGH · 1736 · CITY · 1845

· CITY · OF · NORFOLK · VIRGINIA ·

BOTH BY LAND AND BY SEA ARE YOUR RICHES

· MAY YOU GROW ·

1936

Script: Latin

Languages: English, Latin

Engravers: William Marks Simpson, Marjorie Emory Simpson