½ Dollar Connecticut

Features

Issuer United States
Period Federal republic (1776-date)
Type Non-circulating coin
Year 1935
Value 50 Cents (0.50 USD)
Currency Dollar (1785-date)
Composition Silver (.900)
Weight 12.50 g
Diameter 30.60 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Number
N#
78898
References KM# 169
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

300th Anniversary of the Settlement of Connecticut

Obverse

Bald Eagle facing left in the art deco style.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
E PLURIBUS UNUM
HALF DOLLAR

Engraver: Henry Kreis

Reverse

Charter Oak.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
IN GOD WE TRUST
LIBERTY
THE CHARTER OAK
CONNECTICUT
1635-1935ั

Engraver: Henry Kreis

Edge

Reeded

Mint

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

Comments

A commemorative coin issue was approved to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the founding of the colony of Connecticut. The design for the 1935 Connecticut Tercentenary Half Dollar would be quite striking art Deco representations of an oak tree and bald eagle.

The famous Charter Oak appears on what is usually considered to be the obverse of the coin. This is where the colonists hid their royal charter when King James II sought to confiscate it. The representation of the tree is based on a painting by Charles DeWolf held by the Connecticut Historical Society. The proportions of the leaves are expanded for dramatic effect.

The reverse of the coin (which Mint records actually refer to as the obverse) features a bald eagle with particularly stark and minimalistic features.

The 1935 Connecticut Half Dollar had a relatively modest maximum authorized mintage of 25,000 coins. The net distribution including coins struck for assay was 25,018 after the entire issue sold out. When evaluating this issue, attention should be paid to the broad, flat area of the eagle’s wing, which tends to have hairlines or friction marks.

Public Law 73-446.

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Date Mintage VG F VF XF AU UNC
1935  25 018 $ 230

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