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United States | |
Value | 50 cents (0.50 US dollars) |
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Mass | 12.5 g |
Diameter | 30.6 mm |
Edge | Reeded |
Composition | 90.0% silver 10.0% copper |
Silver | 0.3617 troy oz |
Years of minting | 1935 | –1939
Mintage | 25,265 |
Mint marks | None, all pieces struck at the Philadelphia Mint without mint mark. |
Obverse | |
Design | Eagle, Arkansas state flag |
Designer | Edward E. Burr |
Design date | 1935 |
Reverse | |
Design | Joseph T. Robinson |
Designer | Henry Kreis |
Design date | 1936 |
The Arkansas–Robinson half dollar is a commemorative fifty-cent piece struck by the United States Bureau of the Mint in 1926. It is a special issue of the Arkansas Centennial half dollar featuring a different reverse design from Henry Kreis. [1] [2]
The coin featured Joseph Taylor Robinson, who represented Arkansas in the U.S. Senate at the time. He was the fourth of four living persons depicted on U.S. coinage. [2]
This article needs additional citations for
verification. (January 2017) |
United States | |
Value | 50 cents (0.50 US dollars) |
---|---|
Mass | 12.5 g |
Diameter | 30.6 mm |
Edge | Reeded |
Composition | 90.0% silver 10.0% copper |
Silver | 0.3617 troy oz |
Years of minting | 1935 | –1939
Mintage | 25,265 |
Mint marks | None, all pieces struck at the Philadelphia Mint without mint mark. |
Obverse | |
Design | Eagle, Arkansas state flag |
Designer | Edward E. Burr |
Design date | 1935 |
Reverse | |
Design | Joseph T. Robinson |
Designer | Henry Kreis |
Design date | 1936 |
The Arkansas–Robinson half dollar is a commemorative fifty-cent piece struck by the United States Bureau of the Mint in 1926. It is a special issue of the Arkansas Centennial half dollar featuring a different reverse design from Henry Kreis. [1] [2]
The coin featured Joseph Taylor Robinson, who represented Arkansas in the U.S. Senate at the time. He was the fourth of four living persons depicted on U.S. coinage. [2]