½ Dollar Huguenot-Walloon Tercentenary

Reverse

The Nieuw Netherlandt sailing ship on the Hudson River.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
HUGUENOT-WALLOON.TERCENTENARY
1624 1924
FOUNDING.OF.NEW-NETHERLAND

Engraver: George Thomas Morgan

Edge

Reeded

Comment

Issued to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the settlement of New Netherlands, the 1924 Huguenot Walloon Tercentenary Half Dollar was the only commemorative coin released for the year. The following year would see the issuance of coins under four different programs, the greatest number to date, although it would later be exceeded.

The subject of commemoration was the founding of New Netherlands, now New York, by a group of Dutch colonists in 1624. A church group known as the Huguenot-Walloon New Netherland Commission sought the commemorative coin program, which was eventually approved. There was some controversy about the role of government in creating a fund raiser for a private church group, although the program proceeded.

A quantity of 300,000 of the 1924 Huguenot-Walloon Tercentenary Half Dollars were authorized. Ultimately, 142,080 pieces were struck at the Philadelphia Mint and distributed for the issue price of $1.

Authorization: Public Law 67-440
Maximum Authorized Mintage: 300,000

Interesting fact

Price

Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
1924	142080	-	-	-	-	-	-

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