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Day Thirty-Eight: 1936 Wisconsin Territorial Centennial Why issued?1) To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Territorial Government of Wisconsin. 2) To help the Wisconsin Centennial Celebration raise funds to support its planned anniversary celebrations. Design // DesignerObverse:. An arm holding a pickaxe with a pile of lead ore in the background, It is part of the first Great Seal of the Wisconsin Territory. // Benjamin Hawkins Reverse: A badger perched on a log with arrows (left) and an olive branch (right) behind it; the badger has been the official state animal since 1957, but important to Wisconsin residents since its beginnings. The arrows symbolize the pre-territory clashes settlers had with the indigenous Blackhawk Native Americans, while the olive branch is meant to represent the eventual peace between them. // Benjamin Hawkins Net Mintages:1936: 25,000 Original Selling Price:$1.50 per coin, $1.25 each when purchased in groups of 10 Quick Fact: The coin's designs were originally suggested by the Wisconsin Centennial Celebration Coinage Committee. They were initially modeled by David Parsons, but extensively updated and finalized by Benjamin Hawkins. Here's a link to one of my prior posts about the "Wisconsin" half dollar: https://goccf.com/t/134923Here's my example, it's a brilliant example with wonderful luster.  
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October 31 - " Wisconsin CentennialThis is the final proxy post that will kindly be made on my behalf while I am on vacation. I'm sorry to miss all of your coins, and look forward to catching up with the thread upon my return.This coin is one of a few in the classic silver series to bear a day date ... 4TH DAY OF JULY/ ANNO DOMINI / 1836. The date refers to when the initial territorial governor (Henry Dodge) took office. Wisconsin was admitted to the union as a State 12 year later. 1936 Wisconsin Territorial Centennial Half Dollar - " PCGS MS66/CAC
 Shimmery blast white with cartwheel luster. In hand the coin shows evidence of die flow lines, barely visible in my photograph, indicative of being a latter die state strike. 1936 Wisconsin Territorial Centennial Half Dollar - " PCGS VF30 Lovely toned example that spent considerable time in circulation. When I acquired the coin (raw) I was concerned that the PCGS wizards might body-bag the coin as a result of the obvious scratches in the obverse field. To my joy the damage was judged to be consistent with the general circulated life the coin had experienced. This is a very difficult coin to find in honest (certifiable) circulated condition. Examples rarely appear on the market ... PCGS having certified only 3 Wisconsin half dollars at XF45 or lower. My VF30 Wisconsin is tied with another as the current PCGS lowball. Many Thanks and much appreciation to jbuck for his valued support to help me figure out how to keep these contributions to the thread flowing while I am away ... and the willingness to post all of these for me over the previous seven days.Should be home tomorrow to play catch up. Looking forward to viewing all the great coins that have been posted.  David
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Day Thirty-Nine: 1936 Cincinnati Music Center Why issued?1) To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Cincinnati, Ohio as a center of music. 2) To commemorate Cincinnati's contribution to the art of music in the United States. 3) To help the Cincinnati Musical Center Commemorative Coin Association raise funds to support its planned anniversary celebrations. Design // DesignerObverse:. A right-facing portrait of songwriter Stephen Foster, the "Father of American music." // Constance Ortmayer Reverse: A female allegorical figure meant to symbolize music; she is depicted playing a lyre (a stringed instrument dating to Ancient Greece). // Constance Ortmayer Net Mintages:1936: 5,000 1936-D: 5,000 1936-S: 5,000 Original Selling Price:$7.75 per PDS set Quick Fact: The Cincinnati Musical Center Commemorative Coin Association was essentially a sham organization that acted only as a coin distributor and not as anything that supported music in Cincinnati. Its efforts were led by Thomas G. Melish who was also involved in the sponsorship and distribution of the 1936 Cleveland Centennial half-dollar. Here's a link to one of my prior posts about the "Cincinnati" half dollar: https://goccf.com/t/128834Here's my example, it's a nicely lustrous brilliant white coin. See the embedded link above for a selection of distribution holders for the coin. 
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We have returned from a 7-day vacation in Istanbul ... tremendous city and people. With limited computer access, I have tried to keep up with the thread. Pleased to be able to re-join the discussion.A case could be made that the Cincinnati Musical Center half dollar is a poster child for the abuses and profiteering rampant in the series at the time. Authorized to commemorate nothing of note and based on non-factual claims, produced in very limited mintage at all 3 mints and sold primarily in bulk to big-time dealers ... the collector of the day was forced to pay many time the ‘issue' price on the aftermarket should they desire to acquire an example (or all three) to maintain the completeness of their sets. Today the Cincinnati half dollar is a treasured addition to any collection and highly valued in all MS grades. 1936-D Cincinnati Musical Center Half Dollar PCGS MS66/CAC Booming luster on a blast white coin. This was the final example acquired to complete my initial 50-coin MS type set. Long time readers of this sub-forum might recall that ‘quest' ... and my joy at having finally found a visually stunning example for ‘my Cincinnati' 1936-D Cincinnati Musical Center Half Dollar PCGS XF40 The hairlines that appear in my digital photo are actually on the PCGS holder and not the coins surface. The light golden toning evident on the coins surface indicates likely usage in commerce. It is staggering to me to imagine that any of the Cincinnati half dollar issues ever reached circulated condition. The very low mintage, coupled with an abusive pricing strategy at initial release, made each of these a treasured collector's item in 1936. This is an extremely rare find ... I'm designating the Cincinnati half dollar as the second of five ‘ stoppers' towards acquiring a complete circulated classic silver commemorative type set .... in my judgment it is quite possible that a dedicated collector could search their entire lifetime and never find an honestly circulated Cincinnati half dollar. The XF40 example shown above is one of the two Cincinnati half dollars certified as XF40 by PCGS ... there is one additional PCGS 'circulated' example certified as AU58.
Black Cabinet CincinnatiI am alas the owner of a counterfeit Cincinnati half dollar ... a coin acquired in my formative years as a collector and that has taught me two expensive lessons.  When this example was acquired, I was storing my circulated type set in a Dansco 7094 album. At the time, I was thrilled to have checked this rare circulated example off the want list at an early stage of my search for these coins. At this time in my growth as a collector I had failed to do two critical items ... purchase an accurate scale and gain enough knowledge of the coin to accurately assess the pick-up points indicating authenticity. Upon submittal to PCGS a year or so later, it was returned as counterfeit. Subsequent scale purchase shows the ‘coin' weighs 11.7 grams ... that simple check at the time of acquisition would have saved me some serious $. Mature knowledge of the series has taught me that the designers monogram appears incuse on the Cincinnati obverse field to the left of Mr. Foster's portrait. That monogram is missing on my black cabinet example. David
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The Cincinnati coin is a handsome design and the most recently example acquired for my set. I must get the old film camera out and capture a few images of it to share with you.
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I am alas the owner of a counterfeit Cincinnati half dollar .. When I was scrolling down to look at the pictures, it did struck me that this one looks like one of the hundred of pictures of fake coins I have been looking at on ebay and Alibaba. This may not be a good one but I think they are getting better and better every year and a scale is not going to help because they now have silver counterfeits like my Pan-Pacific that you guys spotted as a counterfeit. |
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Day Forty: 1936 Long Island Tercentenary Why issued?1) To commemorate the 300th anniversary of the founding of the first settlement on Long Island, New York. 2) To help the Long Island Tercentenary Committee raise funds to support its planned anniversary celebrations. Design // DesignerObverse:. Conjoined symbolic portraits of a Dutch settler and a Native American from the Algonquin tribe. // Howard Kenneth Weinman Reverse: A mid-17th century Dutch sailing ship. // Howard Kenneth Weinman Net Mintage:1936: 81,773 Original Selling Price:$1.00 Quick Fact: The coin's designer, Howard Kenneth Weinman, was the son of Adolf Alexander Weinman who was responsible for the Walking Liberty half-dollar and the Winged Liberty (aka "Mercury") dime designs. While Howard was a talented artist, his artistic output did not reach the prolific level of his father or his younger brother Robert Alexander Weinman. Here's a link to one of my prior posts about the "Long Island" half dollar: https://goccf.com/t/142116Here's my example. The coin's cartwheel luster is unbroken on both sides and it is free of significant detracting marks. [/i]  
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The 1936 Long Island half dollar has always been difficult for me to grade in any condition ... the lack of fine detail in the portraits makes even an MS example appear to my eye to be flat and worn. Interesting connection is the Dutch sailing ship shown on the reverse ... very similar to the representation of the Half Moon shown on Chester Beach funky 1935 Hudson half. 1936 Long Island Tercentenary Half Dollar - PCGS MS65/CAC Fully white with original luster. A technical upgrade could be easily acquired ... I've shunned any upgrades because I've not seen any Long Island with more detail. 1936 Long Island Tercentenary Half Dollar - PCGS VG08 This is the current PCGS lowball example ... Pop 1/0. The Long Island half is not difficult to obtain for todays collector in circulated condition ... perhaps a result of the 81,000 plus mintage? PCGS has certified 6 Long Island half dollars at XF45 or lower ... many more are out there as this coin is the exception to the general rarity of the circulated coins of this era. David |
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A decent example with some speckled toning.   |
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Wild Card Wednesday
Our next Wild Card Wednesday will be held this week.
There will be two themes this time around:
1) "Most Unworthy": Which coin in the classic series do you think should never have been minted due to the relative insignificance of the person, place or event it honored?
2) "Catch Up": If you missed posting a coin on its assigned day, Wednesday will be your chance to catch up and show us what we missed!
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I love this coin. It was formerly a part of nickelsearcher's set and I admired it for a long time before it became available to me! I'm thrilled to own it:   |
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I love this coin I'm pleased to view it again HONDO ... without a doubt the most outstanding 'eye appeal' of any circulated Long Island that I have ever seen. Pleased that it found a good home with you. David |
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