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½ Dollar (Colonization of Roanoke Island) – United States

Non-circulating coins

Commemoration: 350th Anniversary of the Colonization of Roanoke Island

United States

Context

Year: 1937

Issuer: United States

Period:

Federal republic

(since 1776)

Currency:

Dollar

(since 1785)

Subdivision: ½ Dollar = 50 Cents

Total mintage: 29,030

Material

Diameter: 30.6 mm

Weight: 12.5 g

Silver weight: 11.25 g

Shape: Round

Composition: 90% Silver

Magnetic: No

Technique: Milled

References

KM: #186

Numista: #79010

Value

Exchange value: ½ USD = $0.50

Bullion value: $33.03

Inflation-adjusted value: 11.57 USD

Obverse

Description:

Portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh, granted colonization charter by Elizabeth I.

Inscription:

· UNITED · STATES · OF AMERICA · · ·

E · PLURIBUS · UNUM ·

· LIBERTY ·

1937

· SIR WALTER RALEIGH ·

· HALF · DOLLAR ·

Script: Latin

Engraver: William Marks Simpson

Reverse

Description:

Ellinore Dare and her daughter Virginia, the first English child born in America, flanked by ships with a pine branch below.

Inscription:

· THE · COLONIZATION · OF · ROANOKE · ISLAND · NORTH · CAROLINA ·

· THE · BIRTH · OF VIRGINIA DARE

IN GOD WE TRUST

1587 · 1937

Script: Latin

Engraver: William Marks Simpson

Edge

Reeded

Mints

Name	Mark
United States Mint of Philadelphia	P

Mintings

Year	Mint Mark	Mintage	Quality	Collection
1937	P	29,030

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