½ Dollar Connecticut

Reverse

Charter Oak.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
IN GOD WE TRUST
LIBERTY
THE CHARTER OAK
CONNECTICUT
1635-1935

Engraver: Henry Kreis

Edge

Reeded

Comment

A commemorative coin issue was approved to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the founding of the colony of Connecticut. The design for the 1935 Connecticut Tercentenary Half Dollar would be quite striking art Deco representations of an oak tree and bald eagle.

The famous Charter Oak appears on what is usually considered to be the obverse of the coin. This is where the colonists hid their royal charter when King James II sought to confiscate it. The representation of the tree is based on a painting by Charles DeWolf held by the Connecticut Historical Society. The proportions of the leaves are expanded for dramatic effect.

The reverse of the coin (which Mint records actually refer to as the obverse) features a bald eagle with particularly stark and minimalistic features.

The 1935 Connecticut Half Dollar had a relatively modest maximum authorized mintage of 25,000 coins. The net distribution including coins struck for assay was 25,018 after the entire issue sold out. When evaluating this issue, attention should be paid to the broad, flat area of the eagle’s wing, which tends to have hairlines or friction marks.

Public Law 73-446.

Interesting fact

Price

Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
1935	25018	-	-	-	-	-	-

Values in the table are based on evaluations by sales realized on Internet platforms. They serve as an indication only for ½ Dollar (Connecticut) 1935 coin.