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This coin (along with it's subsequent brethren Washington-Carver issue) continued IMHO the collector abuse of multi-year issues so prevalent in the earlier series. Eighteen Booker T. Washington half dollars were issued by date/mm from 1946 - 1951. I choose to collect only one as my type example. Today the coin is valued as a member of the 50 coin silver commemorative type set. 1950-S Booker T. Washington Memorial Half Dollar - PCGS MS66/CAC Outstanding coin with booming luster. New collectors of this series should be advised that the BTW was nearly always poorly struck up - with the vast majority of the coins exhibiting significant original planchet marks on Mr. Washington cheek/jaw area. My example shown above is the best I have come across so far - albeit a few planchet marks remaining. 1946 Booker T. Washington Memorial Half Dollar - PCGS AG03 Stunning lowball example ... no BTW will ever grade below AG03 as the date wears off at that circulated level. There are five PCGS BTW certified as AG03 ... all 1946 (3) and 1946-S (2). Many BTW were released into circulation - making this example easily obtainable today in circulated state VF - XF. David Edited by nickelsearcher
11/18/2014 05:40 am
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Alas again no photo of this type coin. If I remember correctly it was found roll searching when I was young.
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Day Fifty-Five: 1946-51 Booker T. Washington Memorial This was another contender for that last hole in the 7070. I really wanted a 1949 example, but never found one in any condition. |
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I have all 18 BTW MS65 and MS66. Took me a couple of years to acquire all of them. The hardest years for me were the 1950 and 51. They are all well struck coins and the only marks are minor with great visual appearance.
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Oops, I forgot this guy:   If any of you can find me a date on this guy, I would be much obliged! |
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Day Fifty-Six: Wild Card WednesdayThe theme for our final installment of Wild Card Wednesday is "My Favorite Commemorative Theme." What is the sub-area within the classic series of US commemoratives that you enjoy the most? Asked another way...What group of similarly-themed coins would you sell last if you decided to sell your collection? As I mentioned previously, there are many ways to collect classic US commemoratives beyond the "standards" of a complete date and mint mark set or a type set. I've met a couple of collectors who focus on the half dollars depicting ships, as well as a few who go after coins with a Civil War link. Do you have a theme preference? For me, I tend to prefer the coins that reflect the early history of the United States. So, my "Favorite Theme" is Colonization. Within this group are the:
- 1920-21 Pilgrim Tercentenary (Massachusetts)
- 1924 Huguenot-Walloon Tercentenary (New Netherland [i.e., primarily Mid-Atlantic states of Delaware, New Jersey and New York, but also includes parts of Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island])
- 1934 Maryland Tercentenary
- 1935 Connecticut Tercentenary
- 1936 Providence, Rhode Island Tercentenary
- 1936 Long Island Tercentenary
- 1937 Roanoke Colony (North Carolina)
- 1938 Delaware (New Sweden) Tercentenary
My favorites within the series are 1) Roanoke Colony and 2) Delaware/New Sweden. The reason behind my #1 is rather easy, I currently live in North Carolina. The driver behind #2 is a bit more nebulous - I simply developed a fondness for the early settlement of Delaware and have built up quite a collection of material that commemorates its 300th anniversary. Here they are!    
Collecting history one coin or medal at a time! (c) commems. All rights reserved.
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Excellent theme commems.  I had created a 'theme' post based on circulated commemorative - alas my internet router crashed last night preventing me from completing the reply. Hopeful to recover this evening once home from work. David Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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@Commems ....Those are really great looking coins and me jealous I want those issues in my collection. As far as a theme mine is a complete collection Classic's and Modern's but that is just a pipe dream. My cash flow is not that big. So I'm mainly concentrating on the Moderns and believe me thats a challenge in itself. I now collect very little else except commemoratives.
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I have to say my favourite is the Antietam coin (which I do not have in my collection presently) with close behind, Oregon Trail, Huguenot (which I find aesthetically pleasant), And my theme choice is the civil war which, alas, has only 3 coins....maybe we can throw Grant in there too. This choice may have been influenced by the interest I had in the American civil war some ten years ago. I had to go dig up my books to refresh my memory on the battle at Antietam.   |
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Day Fifty-Seven: 1951-54 George Washington Carver - Booker T. WashingtonOur last of the classic era silver commemorative coins! Why issued?1) To commemorate the lives and perpetuate the ideals and teachings of Booker T. Washington and George Washington Carver, two great Americans. 2) To help the Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial and the George Washington National Monument Foundation "raise funds to oppose the spread of communism among Negroes in the interest of national defense." (from authorizing legislation) Design // DesignerObverse:. Right-facing, conjoined portraits of George Washington Carver (front) and Booker T. Washington. // Isaac Scott Hathaway Reverse: A poorly executed map of the continental United States (Alaska and Hawaii had not yet become states). // Isaac Scott Hathaway Net Mintages:1951: 40,000 1951-D: 10,000 1951-S: 10,000 1952: 1,123,000 1952-D: 8,000 1952-S: 8,000 1953: 8,000 1953-D: 8,000 1953-S: 48,000 1954: 8,000 1954-D: 8,000 1954-S: 41,802 Original Selling Prices:$10.00 per PDS set Quick Fact: The authorizing legislation for the GWC-BTW half dollar was not "new" legislation per se, it amended the Act that authorized the BTW coin. The amendment allowed the unsold portion of the 5,000,000 coins originally authorized for BTW to be coined (or melted and re-coined) with a new design that jointly honored GWC and BTW. Thus, the two sponsors had the potential to request approximately 3.41 million coins with the new design. In the end, just over 2.4 million were minted and approximately 1.3 million were sold or released into circulation at face value; the balance were returned to the Mint to be melted. Here's the link to my previous post on the "GWC-BTW" half dollar: https://goccf.com/t/118247My coin is a brilliant example struck by the San Francisco Mint in 1951; it has the lustrous surfaces I seek in my coins.  
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Alas my home internet service is still on the fritz - unable to contribute much content from a quick message at work.
Hopeful to rejoin the discussion prior to the end of the run.
David
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Our last of the classic era silver commemorative coins! A great journey it has been.  |
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