½ Dollar Pilgrim Tercentenary

Features

Issuer	United States
Period	Federal republic (1776-date)
Type	Non-circulating coin
Years	1920-1921
Value	½ Dollar = 50 Cents (0.50 USD)
Currency	Dollar (1785-date)
Composition	Silver (.900)
Weight	12.5 g
Diameter	30.61 mm
Thickness	2.15 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Number	N# 4398
References	KM# 147 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

Landing of Pilgrims at Plymouth, Massachusetts

Obverse

William Bradford governor of the Plymouth Colony holding a Bible.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
IN GOD WE TRUST
PILGRIM HALF DOLLAR
1921 (1921 only)

Engraver: Cyrus E. Dallin

Cyrus Edwin Dallin was an American sculptor best known for Native Americans subjects. He created more than 260 works, including the equestrian statue of Paul Revere in Boston, Massachusetts; the Angel Moroni atop Salt Lake Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah; and his most famous work, Appeal to the Great Spirit, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Reverse

The Mayflower, the ship which carried the Pilgrims to Plymouth.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
PILGRIM TERCENTENARY CELEBRATION
1620 - 1920ั

Engraver: Cyrus E. Dallin

Cyrus Edwin Dallin was an American sculptor best known for Native Americans subjects. He created more than 260 works, including the equestrian statue of Paul Revere in Boston, Massachusetts; the Angel Moroni atop Salt Lake Temple in Salt Lake City, Utah; and his most famous work, Appeal to the Great Spirit, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Edge

Reeded

© Harryg (CC BY)

Comments

To celebrate the 300th anniversary of the Pilgrims landing at Plymouth, Massachusetts, Congress authorized the Pilgrim Tercentenary Half Dollar. The commemorative coins were issued with two different dates, setting a precedent that would be followed by future issues.

A quantity of 200,000 coins were initially produced at the Philadelphia Mint in 1920. These were sold by the Pilgrim Tercentenary Commission for $1 each.

Although the existing production was not completely sold out, the Commission requested production of the remaining 100,000 coins of the 300,000 maximum authorized mintage. These would carry the date “1921” on the obverse, differentiating them from the original issue. Sales of the additional issue were poor and eventually 48,000 of the original issue and 80,000 of the second issue were returned to the Mint for melting.

Authorization: Public Law 66-203
Maximum Authorized Mintage: 300,000

See also

• Hat
• Boat or watercraft

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