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Unc 1934 Texas Alamo Centennial Comm 90 Silver Half NrUncirculated 1934. Texas centennial. Commemorative. 90% silver half dollra with no reserve!
A beautiful uncirculated 1934 texas centennial commemorative silver half dollar. A wonderful, no problem, solid coin! The image should tell most of the story on this piece!
(and yes this is the actual coin! ) how can you go wrong with a fifty cent face value minimum bid? Check back frequently with vierksjewelry as we will be adding many new face value auctions on us and foreign coins in the near future not to mention some fantastic auctions of some of the coolest items imaginable with ridiculously low minimum bids! Note we have recently purchased another large coin collection nad will be posting some great auctions over the next few weeks of hi-grade, scarce date, and very desirable coins, so please keep an eye on us! Check out my other items!
Be sure to add me to your favorites list! Only because of some of the federal fine arts commission's correspondence do we even know which side of this incredibly crowded design was meant to be the obverse (it turned out to be that with the eagle, contrary to the usual practice in u.
S. Coins). This eagle is superimposed on the lone star, in reference to texas as the lone satr state. The oak branch with enormous acorns in his claws was a laurel branch in the original models. No reason for the change has been forthcoming. (if they wished a tree representing texas, the economically worthless but extremely common mesquite would have been more appropriate. ) the sxi stars flanking half dollar probably allude to the six flags which have at various times flown over texas (the flags themselves from part of the confusion on revers). We are unable even to guess why the hyphens are ni united-states-of-america. As for the reverse, the problem is to know where to being in making sense out of this jumble. Miss winged victory of 1934 holds an olive branch in her right hand while her left rests on a miniature replica of the alamo, the historic burnt-out church in alamo plaza, san antonio, which figured so largely in the rveolution of 1835-1836. It was fortified, occupied by revolutionaries in december 1835 and besieged by the mexican army under general santa ana on february 24 march 6, 1836.
There, 187 defenders, including jem bowie and davy crockett, died in combat. Remember the alamo (at bottom) became a battle cry when general sam houston routed santa ana at san jacinto on april 21, spelling victory and independence for the republic of texas.
Above miss victory's wings are the six flags which have flown over texas, those of spain, france, mexico, the republic, the united states and the confederacy. Their folds show, though not details of devices to enable any one flag to be identified. Behind and below the flags are clouds within the clouds, below wings, are two medallions representing general sam houston (at observer's left) and stephen f. Austin, with their microscopic names. Below the model of the alamo are the centennial dates. As the mint act of april 1792 still requires the word liberty to appear on all u. S. Coins, this word is placed on a scroll partly obscuring the flags. There is even room for the mintmark d (for denver) or s (for san francisco) below miss victory's drapery and just above t of the there is aslo room for the designer's initials pc (pompeo coppini) at right of the alamo. Returns we guarantee everything we sell sa represented. That means we want you to ask the hard questions first, and if we've made a mistake we will take an item back and refund your shipping. We do not accept returns for any other reasons. Returns must be requested within 3 days of receipt of your purchase.
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