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On June 15, 1933, the United States Congress passed an act to authorize the minting of the Texas Centennial silver half dollar coin to celebrate the upcoming one hundredth anniversary in 1936 of the independence of Texas.
This was the first of over two dozen commemorative coin related bills proposed by Congress that would take place during Franklin Delano Roosevelt tenure as president.
The Texas Centennial half dollar coin minted from 1934 to 1938, was designed by Pompeo Coppini, a resident Texan. The obverse or front of the coin depicts an Eagle sitting on a branch in front of the Lone Star the symbol of Texas. At the top right of the star it reads IN GOD
WE TRUST, and to the left of the star it reads E PLURIBUS UNUM. Over the star it reads UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, and at the bottom it reads HALF DOLLAR. The reverse or backside of the coin is a rather complicated and some
what cluttered design that depicts the goddess Victory spreading her wings over the Alamo. It also depicts Sam Houston on her left and Stephen F. Austin on her right. The Six Flags of Texas fly above her head. Under her
it reads REMEMBER THE ALAMO. Over Sam Houston, Victory, and Stephen F. Austin it reads THE TEXAS INDEPENDENCE CENTENNIAL.
The Texas Centennial Half Dollar was minted in Philadelphia, Denver, and San Francisco. The mint mark for the Denver (D) and San Francisco (S) issues appears on the reverse (back) under Victory above the word THE. The Philadelphia issues do not have a mint mark.
There was a total of about 304,000 coins minted, eventually 154,522 were melted by the U.S. Treasury. The numbers that are in parenthesis are the number of coins after the Treasury melted them.
Texas Centennial Commemorative Half Dollar For Sale on Ebay
1935 Texas Commemorative Half Dollar PCGS MS 66 CAC OGH Rattler Color Silver 50c
1935 Texas Commemorative Half Dollar PCGS OGH Rattler MS 65 Silver 50c
1937 S TEXAS COMMEMORATIVE HALF DOLLAR NGC CERTIFIED MS-65 DEEP FROSTY WHITE
1934 Texas Half Dollar Commemorative PCGS MS66 Gem Unc.
1935-S Texas Commemorative Half Dollar NGC MS67 CH758
1936-D Texas Commemorative Half Dollar NGC MS67 #ch479
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