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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;WingedLiberty, post: 1953634, member: 26030&quot;]<b>1924 Huguenot Commemorative Half Dollar </b>(PCGS MS64).&nbsp; One of the nicest looking colorfully-toned Huguenot&#039;s I&#039;ve seen.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://mindstar.com/cointalk_photos/TVBlack_1924_Huguenot.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>An obscure fact is that neither obverse figure depicted on the coin had anything to do with the 1624 Huguenot Settlement in the U.S.&nbsp; William I (Prince of Orange), better know as &quot;William the Silent&quot; (what a great name) had been dead for 40 years at the time of the settlement.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/WilliamOfOrange1580.jpg/220px-WilliamOfOrange1580.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The other person featured was Admiral Coligny, who had been dead for 52 years at the time the colony was established.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://mindstar.com/cointalk_photos/Admiral_Coligny.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse features the ship Nieuw Nederland, which the Huguenot&#039;s sailed on from Europe to the young colony.&nbsp; Upon arriving, a famous quote was uttered (with a rough translation of): &quot;New-Netherland -- land more beautiful than I have ever seen in Holland.”</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://mindstar.com/cointalk_photos/NewNetherlands.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>New Netherland (shown in yellow) later became parts of New York, New Jersey, and parts of New England.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://mindstar.com/cointalk_photos/NewNetherland.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Both sides of this Commemorative were designed by George T. Morgan, the well-known designer of the Morgan Silver Dollar.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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