1948-S 50¢ Booker T. Washington Silver Commemorative Half-Dollar

Denomination: Fifty Cents

Type: Silver Commemorative (1892 - 1954)

Year: 1948-S

Mint: San Francisco

Mintage: 8,005

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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