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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 170627, member: 4910&quot;]A real McCarthy-Eisenhower era coin</p><p><br /></p><p>Washington-Carver Commemorative Half Dollar</p><p><br /></p><p>Authorized by the US Congress on September 21, 1951.</p><p>The profits were to be used &quot;to oppose the spread of Communism among Negroes in the interest of the National defense&quot;. </p><p><br /></p><p>The obverse has:</p><p>&quot;UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / IN GOD WE TRUST / E PLURIBUS UNUM&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse has: </p><p>&quot;FREEDOM AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL - AMERICANISM&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse was originally to show the American Legion badge with the motto UNITED AGAINST THE SPREAD OF COMMUNISM and a reference to some McCarthyist group called the National Americanism Commission.</p><p>However, the State Department vetoed this reverse.</p><p>(Wouldn&#039;t that be a real 1950&#039;s collector&#039;s item!)</p><p><br /></p><p>I bought this one on September 25, 1982 at a coin show held at San Francisco&#039;s Jack Tar hotel (renamed Cathedral Hill).</p><p>I paid $12 for it.</p><p>Approriately, this coin was made in San Francisco.</p><p><img src="http://home.earthlink.net/~brianrxm/posts/us_50_1953s_wcar.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>For more information:</p><p><a href="http://www.usrarecoininvestments.com/collecting/was-car-halfdollar.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.usrarecoininvestments.com/collecting/was-car-halfdollar.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.usrarecoininvestments.com/collecting/was-car-halfdollar.htm</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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