½ Dollar Missouri Commemorative

Reverse

Daniel Boone standing with a Native American against a background of stars. Boone holds a power horn and rifle and points westward.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
Missouri Centennial
Sedalia

Engraver: Robert Ingersoll Aitken

Edge

Reeded

Comment

The Missouri Centennial Half Dollar was authorized to mark the 100th anniversary of the admission of Missouri to the Union. It represented an interesting commemorative issue since it was minted in two different varieties, a tactic that would be repeated for some subsequent coins.

Authorization called for production of up to 250,000 of the silver half dollars. The coins would be released at the Missouri Centennial Exposition and State Fair held in August 1921 at the state capital Sedalia. The original cost was $1 per coin with distribution through the Sedalia Trust Company.

At the request of the Chairman of the exposition, a certain number of 1921 Missouri Centennial Half Dollars were minted with “2*4” (2 Star 4) on the obverse to signify admission as the 24th state in the Union. He requested that the first 5,000 pieces carrying special marking, which be believed would make the coins more marketable. Research suggests that 10,000 pieces were struck with the marking.

The final mintages for the 1921 Missouri Half Dollar net of melting is estimated to be 9,400 of the coins including “2*4” in the field and 11,400 of the coins without the marking. Although intended to be a scarce variety, availability of the “2*4” is only slightly less than the plain version due to the overall low mintage of the issue.

Authorization: Public Law 66-381
Maximum Authorized Mintage: 250,000

Interesting fact

Price

Date	Mintage	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
1921	9400	-	-	-	-	-	-

Values in the table are based on evaluations by sales realized on Internet platforms. They serve as an indication only for ½ Dollar (Missouri Commemorative) 1921 coin.