New Rochelle, New York Half Dollar

The New Rochelle, New York Half Dollar was issued in 1938 to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the settlement of New Rochelle in Westchester County, New York.

The legislation stated: "The coins herein authorized shall bear the date 1938, irrespective of the year in which they are minted or issued, shall be legal tender in any payment to the amount of their face value, and shall be issued only upon the request of a committee of not less than three persons duly authorized by the mayor of the city of New Rochelle, New York, 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 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."

The obverse design features a full length figure of John Pell leading a calf.

The reverse features a modern interpretation of a classical fleur-de-lis.

• SETTLED 1688
• INCORPORATED 1899
• NEW ROCHELLE
• NEW YORK

• UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
• HALF DOLLAR
• E PLURIBUS UNUM
• LIBERTY
• IN GOD WE TRUST
• 1938

• Philadelphia