½ Dollar California Diamond Jubilee

Features

Issuer	United States
Period	Federal republic (1776-date)
Type	Non-circulating coin
Year	1925
Value	½ Dollar = 50 Cents (0.5 USD)
Currency	Dollar (1785-date)
Composition	Silver (.900)
Weight	12.5 g
Diameter	30.61 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Number	N# 28873 Numista type number (https://en.numista.com/help/what-is-the-n-number-visible-in-the-catalogue-33.html)
References	KM# 155 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

California Diamond Jubilee

Obverse

A kneeling figure of a “forty-niner” as he pans for gold.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
LIBERTY
IN GOD WE TRUST
·CALIFORNIA'S·DIAMOND·
·JUBILEE·
1925

Engraver: Joseph Mora

Reverse

An image of a grizzly bear, which comes from the state emblem of California.

Script: Latin

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

Engraver: Joseph Mora

Edge

Reeded

Comments

The 1925 California Diamond Jubilee Half Dollar is one of the collector favorites amongst early commemorative coins. The issue was authorized to mark the 75th anniversary of California’s statehood and featured imagery recalling the famous gold rush.

Authorization was provided to strike up to 300,000 coins. Production took place at the San Francisco Mint, where 150,000 coins were produced. Distribution was handled by the San Francisco Citizens’ Committee with an issuance price of $1 per coin, which had become standard for commemorative half dollar issues. Coins which remained unsold were returned to the mint for melting, resulting in a net distribution of 86,594.

Authorization: Public Law 68-452
Maximum Authorized Mintage: 300,000

See also

• Bear

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