Continuing our series of the American Half Dollars Commemoratives, we will today present the 1936 "Elgin".
As all the commemorative half dollars, it weights 12,5g with a 90% silver purity.
This coin commemorates the centenary of the founding of the city of Elgin, Illinois and the erection of the Pioneer Memorial. The fact that the centenary was in 1935 and that the Pioneer Memorial was never erected is apparently not important...
The obverse depicts the head of a man facing to the left (the head of the leftmost figure in the Pioneer memorial) and the date 1673 that has nothing to do with this coin...
The reverse shows the Pioneer Memorial, a group of frontier people who might have settled the area in 1835.
A total of 20,015 coins were minted and distributed. The actual price is around U$225.00 in this grade.
This series will continue very soon.
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