Post Your Coins Or Medals With Industrial Imagery

The 1936 Cleveland, OH / Great Lakes Exposition commemorative half dollar was struck "in commemoration of the centennial celebration of Cleveland, Ohio, to be known as the Great Lakes Exposition. Its designs pay homage to the city's founder (obverse) and to the expansive and important port industry of the Great Lakes (reverse).

The coin's reverse design presents a map of the Great Lakes with stars used to indicate the location of major ports within the Lakes (there are 100+ total ports within the lake and river system between the US and Canada).

The ports highlighted on the coin (from east to west):

- Rochester, NY
- Toronto, Ontario (Canada)
- Buffalo, NY
- Cleveland, OH (the largest star)
- Detroit, MI
- Chicago, IL
- Milwaukee, WI
- Duluth, MN

Today, as before, iron ore, coal, farm products, limestone and steel are/were frequent cargoes. Miscellaneous large/heavy commercial items such as industrial equipment, railroad locomotives (for export) and large blades for wind turbines are more modern additions; lumber products have a long history of being a major cargo. (For more details, check out: American Great Lakes Port Association.)

Currently, well north of 200 million tons of cargo worth approximately $80 billion is managed by the port industry facilities of the Great Lakes on an annual basis. The Great Lakes Port Industry was unquestionably significant, is unquestionably significant and will be unquestionably significant for many years to come!


1936 Cleveland Centenial and Exposition Half Dollar



For other of my posts about commemorative coins and medals, including more on the history of the Cleveland half dollar, its related ephemera and design discussions, see: Commems Collection.

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1964 Philippines.
25 Centavos.

Excellent pair!

Well done!