Owner Comments:
1926 Sesquicentennial of American Independence
PCGS AU Details - Cleaned
SPECIFICATIONS
Category: Silver Commemoratives (1892-1954)
Mint: Philadelphia
Mint Mark: None
Mintage: 140,592
Obverse Designer: John Frederick Lewis and John Ray Sinnock
Reverse Designer: John Frederick Lewis and John Ray Sinnock
Composition: Silver
Fineness: 0.9
Weight: 12.5g
ASW: 0.3617oz
Melt Value: $7.84 (11/16/2022)
Diameter: 30.6mm
Edge: Reeded
The 150th anniversary of the signing of the declaration of independence was the occasion for an international fair held in Philadelphia in 1926. To help raise funds for financing the fair, special issues of half dollars and quarter eagles were authorized by congress. For the first time, a portrait of a president appeared on a coin struck during his own lifetime. presidents Calvin coolidge and George Washington are depicted on the obverse of the half dollar. the reverse bears an accurate model of the Liberty Bell. John R. sinnock, chief engraver of the United States Mint, modeled the sesquicentennial coins from designs by John Fredrick Lewis. The dies were in very low relief, causing much loss of detail.
This coin was part of a small hord of classic coins presented to me on October 5, 1959 for my 13th birthday.