George T. Morgan
Obverse & Reverse
Huguenot-Walloon Tercentenary Half Dollar
1924 Huguenot Walloon Tercentenary Silver Half Dollar Obverse
1924 Huguenot Walloon Tercentenary Silver Half Dollar Reverse
Background
The U.S. Mint released the Huguenot-Walloon Tercentenary Half Dollar in 1924. It commemorates the 300th anniversary of the 1624 settling of New Netherland (New York) by Walloons, French and Belgian Huguenots, under the Dutch West India Company.
George T. Morgan, the artist behind the famous Morgan Dollar, was selected to design this coin.
Recipient Organization
The legislation stated: "That the coins herein authorized shall be issued only upon the request of the Fifth National Bank of New York, and upon payment of the par value of such coins by such bank to the United States Treasury."
Characteristics
The obverse design features a profile likenesses of Admiral Coligny and William the Silent, leaders in the struggle for civil and religious liberty.
The reverse features the Nieuw Nederland, the ship in which the refugees came to the New World.
Obverse Inscriptions
- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- HUGUENOT HALF DOLLAR
- IN GOD WE TRUST
- COLIGNY
- WILLIAM THE SILENT
Reverse Inscriptions
- HUGUENOT-WALLOON TERCENTENARY
- FOUNDING OF NEW NETHERLAND
- 1624
- 1924