1920 Maine Half Dollar, MS-65 in a PCGS OGH, and Norfolk Half Dollar in MS-64 PCGS rattler

I bought this Maine Centennial Half Dollar classic commemorative from a coin shop in Maine, with Maine as part of the name of the shop. Also of interest, the road where the shop is located is also named Maine...so yeah, I think all signs were pointing to Maine.



This is my 24rth Classic Commemorative.

I also bought the following:


Norfolk Half Dollar, 1937

Don't let the 1936 date on the coin fool you, the actual strike date for these coins was 1937, and the reason was that when the legislation approving these coins was written up, someone replaced "coin" with "medal"... and Congress being Congress no one read it until after it had been voted into law. When it was brought to the attention of Congress that this had occurred, an amendment needed to be done. By the time the amendment was passed, it was already too late to strike this coin in 1936. But the mint chose to keep the 1936 date on it.

 

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Very nice pieces! The Maine is on my want list to add to my early commemoratives.

 

Beautiful commems! Glad to see someone who collects them.

 

Do you have a York, ME Commemorative coin also?? That and the Connecticut Commemorative are on my want list.

 

Nice coin.

 

Don't yet have it. My list of what I have is getting filled in at a nice pace, but half of them still elude me for now.

 

I got this one in the mail today, so both coins are now in hand.