½ Dollar Mt. Rushmore

Features

Issuer	United States
Period	Federal republic (1776-date)
Type	Non-circulating coin
Year	1991
Value	1/2 Dollar = 50 Cents (0.50 USD)
Currency	Dollar (1785-date)
Composition	Copper-nickel clad copper
Weight	11.34 g
Diameter	30.6 mm
Shape	Round
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Number	N# 26702 Numista type number (https://numista.com)
References	KM# 228 Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA. And 4 more volumes.

Commemorative issue

50th Anniversary of Mt. Rushmore

Obverse

Mount Rushmore Memorial, the world’s largest carved stone sculpture. A sunburst appears in the background.

Lettering:
LIBERTY
IN GOD
WE TRUST
1991
MOUNT RUSHMORE

Engraver: Marvel Jovine

Reverse

North Western American Bison, also commonly referred to as a buffalo. There are fifty stars positioned around the outer edge of the coin.

Lettering:
·UNITED STATES OF AMERICA·
GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY
E PLURIBUS UNUM
HALF DOLLARั

Engraver: T. James Ferrell

T. James Ferrell (born in 1939, in Clayton, New Jersey) graduated from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. In 1969 he joined the staff of medallic artists at the newly founded Franklin Mint. In August 1989, he moved to the United States Mint in Philadelphia.

Edge

Reeded

Comments

After issuing just a single commemorative coin in the previous year, for 1991 three programs comprising five different coins were authorized. The 1991 Mount Rushmore Half Dollar was issued as part of a program celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Mount Rushmore National Monument. The clad half dollar was issued along with a silver dollar and $5 gold coin.

The Mount Rushmore Half Dollar carried a maximum authorized mintage of 2,500,000. The proof version of the coin was minted at the San Francisco Mint and the uncirculated version at the Denver Mint. The coins were available individually or as part of two, three, or six coin sets incorporating the silver dollar and $5 gold coin.

Half of the surcharges raised through the program were used to enlarge and renovate the memorial. The other half was placed in the Treasury General Fund to reduce the national debt.

1991-D Uncirculated Mount Rushmore Half Dollar
Pre-Issue Price: $6.00
Regular Price: $7.00
Final Mintage: 172,754

1991-S Proof Mount Rushmore Half Dollar
Pre-Issue Price: $8.50
Regular Price: $9.50
Final Mintage: 753,257

See also

• Cows and bovines
• Sculpture
• Politician

• 1 Dollar (Mount Rushmore)
• 5 Dollars (Mount Rushmore Golden Anniversary)

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