1915 PANAMA PACIFIC EXPOSITION COMMEMORATIVE SILVER HALF DOLLAR

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1915 PANAMA PACIFIC EXPOSITION COMMEMORATIVE SILVER HALF DOLLAR , DARK TONING
The
Alabama Centennial half dollar
, or
Alabama half dollar
, was a commemorative fifty-cent coin struck by the
United States Bureau of the Mint
in 1921 as a belated acknowledgement of the 100th anniversary of
Alabama
's admission to the Union in 1819. The coin was created by
Laura Gardin Fraser
, the first woman credited with designing a coin.
Alabama Congressman
Lilius Bratton Rainey
introduced legislation for a commemorative coin at the request of the state's centennial commission. The bill originally provided for commemorative
quarters
but was amended to provide for halves instead. The bill moved quickly through the legislative process and became the Act of May 10, 1920, with the signature of President
Woodrow Wilson
.
The half dollars were not issued until October 1921, apparently because the initial decision to depict President Wilson, a Democrat, on the coin might be reversed depending on the results of the
1920 presidential election
. After Republican
Warren G. Harding
won the presidency, the sponsors of the issue chose to depict
William Bibb
, the State of Alabama's first governor, and
Thomas Kilby
, its governor at the time of the centennial, thus making Governor Kilby the first living person to appear on a U.S. coin. To boost sales, a symbol, 2X2 (recognizing Alabama as the 22nd state) was included in the design for a minority of the coins; these are generally more expensive today.
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HOLLYWOOD FLORIDA
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Closed weekends & some holidays:
questions sent during that time
will be answered on the following Monday or ASAP.
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We accept paypal and prefer alternate forms of payment.
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Items for combined shipping must be completed with one payment.
All items are insured and carefully wrapped.
RETURNS:
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eturn in same condition received, with all ebay information.
If item is as described &/or photo'd we do not refund any postage fees to or from
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Please see our other auctions for  rare & collectible coins, sterling flatware,
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