1935 US Silver Commemorative 50C CONNECTICUT - NGC MS 66

1935 US Silver Commemorative 50C CONNECTICUT

Certified NGC MS 66

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About Connecticut Tercentenary Silver Half Dollars
A commemorative coin issue was approved to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the founding of the colony of Connecticut. The design for the 1935 Connecticut Tercentenary Half Dollar would be a quite striking art Deco representations of an oak tree and bald eagle.

The famous Charter Oak appears on what is usually considered to be the obverse of the coin. This is where the colonists hid their royal charter when King James II sought to confiscate it. The representation of the tree is based on a painting by Charles DeWolf held by the Connecticut Historical Society. The proportions of the leaves are expanded for dramatic effect. Inscriptions read IN GOD WE TRUST, LIBERTY, THE CHARTER OAK, CONNECTICUT and 1635-1935.

The reverse of the coin (which Mint records actually refer to as the obverse) features a bald eagle with particularly stark and minimalistic features. The inscriptions read UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, E PLURIBUS UNUM and HALF DOLLAR. Both sides of the coin were designed by Henry Kreis.

About Early Commemorative Coins
Early Commemorative Coins were issued between the years 1892 and 1954 and have included primarily silver half dollars and gold dollars. Over the years additional denominations have been used including the silver quarter, silver dollar, several gold quarter eagles and one $50 gold piece. In total there were 50 different Silver Commemorative coin designs and 9 different Gold Commemorative coin designs. Each issue was typically authorized by an act of Congress which provided a specific maximum or minimum mintage requirement. Because legislation often did not specify otherwise, some Commemorative coin issues were produced in multiple years or struck at multiple mints.