½ Dollar, United States (2024)

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Features

Issuer United States ½ Dollar, United States (3)
Period Federal republic (1776-date)
Type Circulating commemorative coin
Years 1892-1893
Value ½ Dollar = 50 Cents
½USD = GBP 0.40
Currency Dollar (1785-date)
Composition Silver (.900)
Weight 12.5g
Diameter 30.61mm
Thickness 2.15mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Number

N#

4396
References KM# 117

½ Dollar, United States (4) Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.

And 5 more volumes.

Commemorative issue

Columbian Exposition

Obverse

Portrait of Christopher Columbus facing right with the denomination below

Script: Latin

Lettering:
*UNITED STATES OF AMERICA*
COLUMBIAN HALF DOLLAR

Reverse

The ship Santa Maria sailing to the left above 2 half planispheres that divides the date 1493 with a legend around the rim and the date below.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION CHICAGO
14 92
*1893*

Edge

Reeded

© MiguelEmoovie (CC BY-NC-SA)

Mint

United States Mint of Philadelphia, United States (1792-date)

Comments

This coin was produced for the World's Columbian Exposition that took place between the 1st of May to October 30, 1893, in Chicago, Illinois, which celebrated the 400th anniversary of the arrival of Columbus to America.

According to Tom DeLorey Coinage, May 2016, p. 9, the Columbian Exposition half-dollar "came about when the organization putting on the World’s Fair requested a grant from the U.S. Treasury of $5 million to help build the fairgrounds so it could open." The Treasury, however, gave "only $2.5 million due to the prevailing hard economic times." DeLorey goes on to say that someone "connected with the Fair Authority got the brilliant idea that if the Treasury would provide the $2.5 million in the form of five million commemorative half dollars," then the Fair would need only "to sell the coins for a dollar each" in order to obtain the extra $2.5 million dollars needed. Because of hard economic times, however, "only a few hundred thousand were sold at the premium, the rest were either released into circulation at face value or melted."

Approximately 100 brilliant Proofs of each date were struck.

See also

  • Fair or exhibition
  • Explorer
  • Boat or watercraft
  • ½ Dollar, United States (6) ¼ Dollar "Isabella Quarter" (Columbian Exposition Commemorative) ½ Dollar, United States (7)

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Date Mintage G VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1892 ½ Dollar, United States (8) 950 000 £ 11 £ 11 £ 13 £ 20 £ 20 £ 40 32%
1893 ½ Dollar, United States (9) 1 550 405 £ 8.10 £ 8.60 £ 11 £ 13 £ 15 £ 16 £ 25 84%

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See Also
United States v. COLUMBUS, 1:23-cr-00218 - CourtListener.com

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Bullion value: GBP 8.17 ½ Dollar, United States (222)

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Version Grade Sold price
Katz
Auction 123
Lot 2002 ½ Dollar, United States (224) 		27 Apr 2024 1892 XF GBP 19.77
(EUR 23.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
Katz
Auction 114
Lot 2339 ½ Dollar, United States (226) 		24 Feb 2024 1892 XF GBP 30.09
(EUR 35.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
Katz
Auction 103
Lot 2479 ½ Dollar, United States (228) 		9 Dec 2023 1892 XF GBP 27.51
(EUR 32.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
Katz
Auction 84
Lot 1385 ½ Dollar, United States (230) 		27 May 2023 1892 XF GBP 30.95
(EUR 36.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
Katz
Auction 84
Lot 1386 ½ Dollar, United States (232) 		27 May 2023 1893 UNC GBP 39.55
(EUR 46.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
Katz
Auction 69
Lot 3192 ½ Dollar, United States (234) 		29 Oct 2022 1893 UNC GBP 44.71
(EUR 52.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
Katz
Auction 86
Lot 2468 ½ Dollar, United States (236) 		10 Jun 2023 1893 AU GBP 10.32
(EUR 12.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
Katz
Auction 123
Lot 2004 ½ Dollar, United States (238) 		27 Apr 2024 1893 XF GBP 13.76
(EUR 16.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
Katz
Auction 123
Lot 2003 ½ Dollar, United States (240) 		27 Apr 2024 1893 XF GBP 16.34
(EUR 19.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
Katz
Auction 120
Lot 1329 ½ Dollar, United States (242) 		13 Apr 2024 1893 XF GBP 33.53
(EUR 39.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
© Katz Coins Notes & Supplies Corp.
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