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Happy Thanksgiving!

Posted on November 22nd, 2009 by David Crenshaw

Happy Thanksgiving!

A childhood memory of Thanksgiving brings to mind a popular riddle. “If April showers bring May flowers, what do May flowers bring?” The answer – Pilgrims!
A young numismatist might say the riddle’s answer could be a Pilgrim Tercentenary Half Dollar! Regardless, school children everywhere are taught that the Mayflower brought Pilgrims to America from England. [...]

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The Old Spanish Trail Commemorative 1935 Half-Dollar

Posted on July 21st, 2009 by Peter Arata

The Old Spanish Trail Commemorative 1935 Half-Dollar

The 1930’s was an era of frenetic activity surrounding the issuance of commemorative US coins. A number of very colorful characters were bent on promoting whatever cause they thought would justify yet another production run at the mint. This flurry of activity and the resultant alleged abuses would culminate in the US Congress holding hearings [...]

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