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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;leeg, post: 3512740, member: 17073&quot;]“Oklahoma doesn’t propose to wait until it celebrates its one hundredth anniversary of admission to the United States, like a number of its sister States have done, to have a commemorative coin, but wants one this year, because it is twenty years old. The idea of such a coin has been suggested to Secretary Mellon by N.R. Graham, a Tulsa banker, according to the Tulsa Tribune.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Mr. Graham is president of the Oklahomans, Inc., a division of the State Chamber of Commerce through a national campaign. The memorial coin was suggested by him as a mark of progress which has been made by the forty-eighth State before “being old enough to vote.’</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; ‘We are going to tell the world what a land of opportunity and progress Oklahoma is, and a peculiar thing about this campaign of advertising is that it will be conducted just as the Sooner State becomes 20 years old,” Graham pointed out. He explained that he was going to get in touch with the officials of the State Historical Society here for the purpose of forwarding the memorial half dollar movement.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; ‘A beautiful design embodying the historical high points of the State and its present position in the wealth of the nation can be prepared by an Oklahoma artist for both sides of the coin,’ he said.”<b>12</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>12<i>The Numismatist</i></b>, <b>Oklahoma wants commemorative coin. January 1927, p. 34.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; “An effort is being made to have a half dollar struck to commemorate the opening of the Moffatt Tunnel, in Colorado. This tunnel is the longest in the United States, being over six miles long. The imitative has been taken by Ernest Cerney, of Denver, a member of the ANA, who is endeavoring to interest the local Chamber of Commerce and other influential bodies of that city in the matter. In a recent communication to the Denver Post, Mr. Cerney wrote as follows:</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; ‘In a few months the gigantic task-completion of Moffatt Tunnel will be a reality. The man, David H. Moffatt, who unsparingly gave of his health and wealth, and who did not live long enough to see his dream realized, should be fittingly remembered.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; ‘For the neighboring State of Oregon last year, a half dollar was struck to commemorate the blazing of the Oregon Trail. Why not have struck a coin called the ‘Moffatt Tunnel Half Dollar,’ and forever herald this epochal event to the world through this medium? Few people are aware that since 1892, in which year the first commemorative coins was struck, not less than twenty-six different coins in silver and gold have been issued to commemorate various national and State events. Commemorative coins always sell at a premium-half dollar for not less than one dollar-and are eagerly sought by collectors, to say nothing about people in Denver and Colorado who would readily buy and keep this as a valuable souvenir.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; ‘Let some influential local bodies, like the Chamber of Commerce, Rotarians, local newspapers, etc., petition our Senators and Congressmen and urge them to work for this, as time is getting short and Congress must pass a law before any coin can be struck.’”<b>13</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>13<i>The Numismatist</i></b>, <b>Another Commemorative Half Dollar Proposed. May, 1927, p. 280.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>“Editorial Comment – Numismatic news</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; A bill has been introduced in the House of Representatives by Mr. Holaday providing for the coining of 50-cent pieces in commemoration of the memory of the late Joseph G. Cannon, former Speaker of the House of Representatives. The bill is in committee and it is believed has little chance of passing the House, owing to opposition by Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, who does not look with favor on issues of commemorative coins for individuals.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; That in commemoration of a life-time devoted to noble public service there shall be coined at the mints of the United States silver 50-cent pieces, not to exceed two million in number, in perpetuation of the memory of Joseph Gurney Cannon. Shall be issued only upon the request of the executive committee of the Uncle Joe Cannon Memorial Association, a corporation of Danville, Illinois.”<b>14</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>14<i>The Numismatist</i>,</b> <b>Commemorative Coin Proposed For Joseph G. Cannon. April, 1928, pg 230-231.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; “Authority will be asked at the next session of Congress for a commemorative half dollar to aid the work of the Brooklyn Bridge Plaza Association, it is announced. The proposed plaza would commemorate George Washington and his troops and would be erected at one end of the Brooklyn Bridge.”<b>15</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>15<i>The Numismatist</i>, Another commemorative half dollar proposed. September, 1928, p. 519.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a195/leeg1957/Book%20Project%20Images/Commems%20Proposed%20but%20Failed/Treasury%20Ltr%20A.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a195/leeg1957/Book%20Project%20Images/Commems%20Proposed%20but%20Failed/Treasury%20Ltr%20B.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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