1951 50¢ Booker T. Washington Silver Commemorative Half-Dollar
- Lot number 1684717
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- Total bids 18
- Winning bid $19.00
- Buyer's premium $3.23
- Total $22.23
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Denomination: Fifty Cents
Type: Silver Commemorative (1892 - 1954)
Year: 1951
Mint: Philadelphia
Designer: Isaac Scott Hathaway
Weight: 12.50 grams
Diameter: 30.60 millimeters
Composition: 90% silver, 10% copper
Edge: Reeded
The early United States commemorative coins traditionally begins with the 1892 Columbian Half dollar and extends through the 1954 Booker T. Washington issue. The profits from the sale of commemorative coins was often used to fund a specific project. Commemorative coins were a money raising mechanism that provided an alternative to raising taxes.
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