Jump to content

User:Wehwalt/sandbox/Boone

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Daniel Boone Bicentennial half dollar
United States
Value50 cents (0.50 US dollars)
Mass12.5 g
Diameter30.61 mm
Thickness2.15 mm (0.08 in)
EdgeReeded
Composition
  • 90.0% silver
  • 10.0% copper
Silver0.36169 troy oz
Years of minting1934–1938. The 1934 issue and some of the 1935 from all mints lack the date "1934" above the word "PIONEER" on the reverse.
Mint marksD, S. Found in the lower right of the reverse, adjacent to Chief Blackfish's ankle. Philadelphia Mint specimens struck without mint mark.
Obverse
DesignPortrait of Daniel Boone
DesignerAugustus Lukeman
Design date1934
Reverse
DesignBoone with Chief Blackfish of the Shawnee tribe
DesignerAugustus Lukeman
Design date1934