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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;miedbe7, post: 2069953, member: 33919&quot;]From CoinUpdate.com, <a href="http://news.coinupdate.com/arkansas-centennial-commemorative-half-dollar-3132/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://news.coinupdate.com/arkansas-centennial-commemorative-half-dollar-3132/" rel="nofollow">Arkansas Centennial Commemorative Half Dollar</a> - by Dennis Hengeveld (1/30/14):</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;The additional pieces struck at the Philadelphia and both branch mint issues were the idea of Texas coin dealer B. Max Mehl. All these issues were initially sold at the same $1 price, but Mehl quickly scooped up almost the entire mintage of each additional issue and offered them for sale to collectors at inflated prices: $2 for the Philadelphia issue and $2.75 each for the branch mint issues. A pair of the branch mint issues was offered at a discounted rate of $5 for the pair.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>These coins have always intrigued me with their histories, how complex and strange some of the events are.&nbsp; Then again, years in the future, some might think the same about the modern commems and how people purchased say the Girl Scouts or Civil Rights coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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