Episode 1709
Missouri Centennial half dollar
Sat, 2022-Jan-08 00:33 UTC
Length - 2:15
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The featured article for Saturday, 8 January 2022 is Missouri Centennial half dollar.
The Missouri Centennial half dollar is a commemorative fifty-cent piece struck by the United States Bureau of the Mint in 1921. It was designed by Robert Ingersoll Aitken. The U. S. state of Missouri wanted a commemorative coin to mark its centennial that year. Legislation for such a coin passed through Congress without opposition, and was signed on March 4, 1921 by President Warren G. Harding on his inauguration day. The federal Commission of Fine Arts hired Aitken to design the coin, which depicted Daniel Boone on both sides. The reverse design, showing Boone with a Native American, was likely intended to symbolize the displacement of the Indians by white settlers.
To increase sales, a portion of the issue was produced with the mark 2★4, symbolic of Missouri being the 24th state. Although admired for the design, the coins did not sell as well as hoped, and almost 60 percent were returned to the Philadelphia Mint for melting. There are fewer coins with 2★4 than without, but they remain near-equal in value.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:33 UTC on Saturday, 8 January 2022.
For the full current version of the article, see Missouri Centennial half dollar on Wikipedia.
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