SILVER COMMEMORATIVES 1892-1954, COMPLETE SET
IOWA 1946
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Coin Details
Origin/Country: |
United States |
Design Description: |
SILVER COMMEMORATIVES |
Item Description: |
50C 1946 IOWA |
Full Grade: |
NGC MS 67 |
Owner: |
pestrele |
Owner Comments:
1946 Iowa Commemorative Silver Half Dollar - NGC MS 67 - Mint State 67, the Iowa Centennial Half Dollar was produced and issued in 1946 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Iowa’s statehood.
The obverse design of the coins would feature the Old Stone Capitol. The inscriptions read “United States of America”, “Half Dollar”, “In God We Trust”, “Liberty”, and in small print beneath the building “Old Stone Capitol Iowa City”.
On the reverse of the coin was the image of an eagle adapted from the Iowa State Seal. The eagle holds a ribbon in its beak which reads, “‘Our Liberties Our Rights We Prize and Will Maintain”. The remaining inscriptions include “Iowa Statehood Centennial”, “1846”, “1946”, and “E Pluribus Unum”.