1936 Rhode Island Tercentenary Providence Half Dollar
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Commemorating: 300th anniversary of the founding of Providence, Rhode Island
Obverse motif: Roger Williams and Indian
Reverse motif: Elements from Rhode Island State Seal
Authorization date: May 2, 1935
Dates on coins: 1936 (also 1636)
Date when coins were actually minted: 1936
Mints used: Philadelphia, Denver, San Francisco
Maximum quantity authorized: 50,000
Total quantity minted (including assay coins): 20,013 Philadelphia, 15,010 Denver, 15,011 San Francisco
Assay coins (included in above): 13 Philadelphia, 10 Denver, 11 San Francisco
Quantity melted: None
Net number distributed (including assay coins): 20,013 Philadelphia, 15,010 Denver, 15,011 San Francisco
Issued by: Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Tercentenary Committee, Inc. (Paul Francis Gleeson, corresponding secretary; Ira Lloyd Letts, chairman) through banks and coin dealer Horace M. Grant; some mail orders filled by the Rhode Island Hospital National Bank, 15 Westminster Street, Providence, Rhode Island.
Standard original packaging: Paper coin envelopes; insert-type cardboard holders; tissue paper wrapping (used by Rhode Island Hospital National Bank and Grant's Hobby Shop)
Official sale price: $1 per coin ($1.50 by mail)
Designers of obverse and reverse: John Howard Benson and Arthur Graham Carey
Interesting fact: The distribution of this issue caused a major scandal.
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