Roanoke Island, North Carolina Half Dollar

Commemorative Coins
  • Year of Issue: 1937
  • Authorizing Legislation: Public Law 74-790

Background

The Roanoke Island, North Carolina Half Dollar was released in 1937 to commemorate the 350th anniversary of the establishment of Sir Walter Raleigh’s colony on Roanoke Island, NC.

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Characteristics

The obverse design features a portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh.

The reverse features a woman and her child with two sailing ships and a pine branch.

Obverse Inscriptions

  • UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
  • E PLURIBUS UNUM
  • LIBERTY
  • 1937
  • SIR WALTER RALEIGH
  • HALF DOLLAR

Reverse Inscriptions

  • THE COLONIZATION OF ROANOKE ISLAND NORTH CAROLINA
  • THE BIRTH OF VIRGINIA DARE
  • 1587-1937
  • IN GOD WE TRUST

Mint and Mint Mark

Artist Information

Obverse
  • Designer: William Marks Simpson
Reverse
  • Designer: William Marks Simpson
Content last reviewed December 21, 2016

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