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Roanoke Island North Carolina Half Dollar - 1937

Production Process: Unknown   Coin Type: Commemorative   Denomination: Half Dollar    Authorized Mintage Maximum: 25,000   Production Facility: Philadelphia   Public Law Number: 790   Congressional Number: 74   Approval Date: 06/24/1936  
Portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh encircled by the inscriptions United States of America, E Pluribus Unum, Liberty, 1937, Sir Walter Raleigh, and Half Dollar.
Obverse: Download
Obverse Description:
The image is a portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh. Inscriptions: United States of America, E Pluribus Unum, Liberty, 1937, Sir Walter Raleigh, and Half Dollar.
Obverse Designer:
William Marks Simpson


The figure of a woman and her child with two sailing ships and a pine branch. Inscriptions: The Colonization of Roanoke Island North Carolina 1587-1937, The Birth of Virginia Dare, and In God We Trust.
Reverse: Download
Reverse Description:
The figure of a woman representing Ellinore Dare with her child, commemorating the birth place of Virginia Dare, the first child born in the British colonies. Also featured are two sailing ships and a pine branch. Inscriptions: The Colonization of Roanoke Island North Carolina 1587-1937, The Birth of Virginia Dare, and In God We Trust.
Reverse Designer:
William Marks Simpson


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