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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 26056031, member: 101855&quot;]I was born and raised in Delaware. I tend to collect Delaware items, especially the Tercentenary items that were issued with the 1936 Delaward commemorative half dollar. </p><p><br /></p><p>The celebration covered the landing of the Sweds in Delaware in 1638. Their ship was the Kalmar Nyckel which shown on all of these items. </p><p><br /></p><p>The commemorative half dollar</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1657845[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The two Krona piece the Sweds issued with the half dollar, which is about the same size. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1657846[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>A very nice silver medal the Sweds issued. I also have this in copper. I have not see a large number of these pieces. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1657847[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1657848[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>A medal that was issued during the celebration. I bought this piece for 50 cents on my 5th grade field trip. This is listed as a so-called dollar. There is a large version of it in copper and silver. </p><p><br /></p><p>The large silver piece is rare. I have only heard of a couple of them and have never seen one. The issue price was $7.50, which was a lot of money in 1938 when the country was just coming out of the Great Depression. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1657849[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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