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A flag lurks on the obverse of the 1935-39 Arkansas Statehood Centennial Half Dollars (including the 1936 Robinson Type), with only a portion visible.

Per the US Mint, the official obverse of the Arkansas Statehood Centennial half dollar is the side with the eagle. From the 1935 US Mint Annual Report:

"The Arkansas coin obverse has a likeness of an eagle with wings spread, against a background containing rays and stars, also inscriptions required by law; the reverse contains accolated heads of an Indian and Liberty, with the dates 1836 and 1936, and the words Arkansas Centennial."

Within the design - behind the eagle - is seen the top of a parallelogram bearing 13 stars, while another four are seen within it. The name ARKANSAS also appears within this geometric shape.

The design is based on the Arkansas State Flag, which was designed by Miss Willie Hocker. The flag symbolically acknowledges that Arkansas was the first US state to produce diamonds (and for many years the only state to do so).

Arkansas State Flag


As the coin's eagle partially obstructs the view of the flag, its design presents just 13 of the 25 stars found on the Arkansas State Flag; the coin essentially shows the top half of the flag. Arkansas was the 25th state to join the Union and one of 13 that seceded from the Union to join the Confederate States of America. This partial depiction of the flag is just one of the coin's nods to the Confederacy.




For more details on this topic, see:

- 1935-39 Arkansas Statehood Centennial - State Flag & Native American Influences

1852 United Province of Canada (Canadian provinces)
1/2 Penny / 1 Sou Quebec Bank Token.



Reverse
Seated female figure of Commerce with cornucopia facing right. Cliff in background with fort flying flag. To her left, a beehive. To her right a sailing ship and a beaver. Shield with lion in foreground. Lettering above and below.

Took some lookin, but I found the flag.

Canada 1939 Dollar

Canada 2021 50 cents

Canada 2004 25 cents