Elgin, Illinois Centennial Half Dollar

The legislation stated: "The coins . . . shall be issued only upon the request of the chairman of the coinage committee of the Elgin Centennial Monumental Committee, upon payment by him of the par value of such coins, but not less than twenty-five thousand such coins shall be issued to him at any one time and no such coins shall be issued after the expiration of one year after the date of 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."