1924 HUGUENOT - WALLOON TERCENTENARY COMMEMORATIVE SILVER HALF DOLLAR

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1624-1924 HUGUENOT - WALLOON TERCENTENARY COMMEMORATIVE SILVER HALF DOLLAR
ungraded, uncirculated,
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Shipped with USPS First class Mail
The subject of commemoration was the founding of New Netherlands, now New York, by a group of Dutch colonists in 1624. A church group known as the Huguenot-Walloon New Netherland Commission sought the commemorative coin program, which was eventually approved. There was some controversy about the role of government in creating a fund raiser  for a private church group, although the program proceeded.
A quantity of 300,000 of the 1924 Huguenot-Walloon Tercentenary Half Dollars were authorized. Ultimately, 142,080 pieces were struck at the Philadelphia Mint and distributed for the issue price of .