1893 Columbian Half Dollar

  • Lot number 1627395
  • Total views 10
  • Lot ended2018-08-27 20:00:00
  • Total bids 1
  • Winning bid $20.00
  • Buyer's premium $3.40
  • Total $23.40
  • COIN NO RESERVE

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The Columbian half dollar is a coin issued by the Bureau of the Mint in 1892 and 1893. The first United States commemorative coin, it was issued both to raise funds for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition and to mark the quadricentennial of the first voyage to the Americas of Christopher Columbus, whose portrait it bears. The Columbian half dollar was the first American coin to depict a historical person.

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