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1934 Maryland Tercentenary Half Dollar |
1934 Maryland Tercentenary Half Dollar
Mintage 25,015
One of the drawbacks of President Hoover’s administration as far as numismatics were concerned, was his opposition to the production of commemorative coins. He thought they were a burden on the Mint and a waste of taxpayer dollars. From 1929 to 1933 he prevented all efforts to get new commemoratives issued. In March 1933 Franklin Delano Roosevelt ushered in a new era in coin collecting as well as a "new deal." Roosevelt, an avid collector himself, favored the resumption of these special coinage programs. 1934 brought us the Maryland half dollar. This coin was issued for the 300th anniversary of Maryland's charter. Its obverse bears the image of Cecil Calvert, the second Lord Baltimore, who in 1634 accepted a patent for the new province from England's King Charles I. Its reverse features the Marylands state seal. Hans Schuler was the designer of this issue. Congress authorized 25,000 Maryland hall dollars, and all were produced. The coins tend to lack sharpness and are generally flatly struck. This makes it quite challenging to obtain an attractive specimen.
Value $300-1100 |
