Posted Today 1H 7M ago
That is a beautiful example @commems. 
I'm ambivalent about L.W. Hoffecker role in the classic silver commemorative series. I believe his involvement with the 1935 Old Spanish Trail half dollar was a private venture for his sole benefit, and another example of a commemorative coin issued primarily for the exploitation of contemporary coin collectors.
But - his graft and greed did not IMO equal that of Thomas G. Melish and his made up Cincinnati Musical Center half!
Could he have perhaps helped the Norfolk coin sales? Likely IMO. Would it have been worth 15% of the sales? We'll never know.
Fun fact about the Norfolk half - the coin bears 5 separate dates not any of which are the year in which it was minted (1937).
I'm ambivalent about L.W. Hoffecker role in the classic silver commemorative series. I believe his involvement with the 1935 Old Spanish Trail half dollar was a private venture for his sole benefit, and another example of a commemorative coin issued primarily for the exploitation of contemporary coin collectors.
But - his graft and greed did not IMO equal that of Thomas G. Melish and his made up Cincinnati Musical Center half!
Could he have perhaps helped the Norfolk coin sales? Likely IMO. Would it have been worth 15% of the sales? We'll never know.
Fun fact about the Norfolk half - the coin bears 5 separate dates not any of which are the year in which it was minted (1937).
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