Battle of Gettysburg Half Dollar

The legislation stated: "The coins . . . shall be issued only upon the request of a committee of not less than eight persons duly authorized by the Governor of the State of Pennsylvania, upon payment by it of the par value of such coins, but not less than twenty-five thousand such coins shall be issued to it at any one time and no such coins shall be issued after the expiration of one year after the date of the enactment of this Act. Such coins may be disposed of at par or at a premium by such committee, and the net proceeds shall be used by it in defraying the expenses incidental and appropriate to the commemoration of such event."