Description: The bill authorizing the coins was pushed by the George Washington Carver National Monument Foundation, and eventually passed on September 21, 1951, authorizing the mintage of a maximum 3,415,631 coins. This odd maximum mintage number took into consideration the remaining 1,581,631 Booker T. Washington half dollars that could be melted and struck as Washington-Carver coins, with the remainder being based on the 1,834,000 unused quantity earlier authorized for the Booker T. Washington half dollar. Like the Booker T. Washington half dollar, the design for this coin was created by sculptorIsaac Scott Hathaway.[2] One of the reasons behind the Carver-Washington half dollar may have possibly been to oppose the spread ofCommunismamong African Americans. One of Hathaway's early designs for the coin featured a three quarter profile portrait of Booker T. Washington behind the profile portrait of George Washington Carver on the obverse, while the reverse featured theAmerican Legionseal with inscriptions such as "United Against the Spread of Communism."[3] The coin would be produced for the following three years. They were often sold in three-coin sets (one coin for each mint mark), although large quantities of the 1951, 1952, 1953-S and 1954-S coins were struck for sale as singles. The sets were sold for between $9 and $10 each, although this would later be raised to $12 per set for the 1954 coins. In 1952, an attempt was made to issue the coins through banks. By the time the program ended in 1954, over a million coins had been distributed.[2][3]
Price: 75 USD
Location: Killeen, Texas
End Time: 2024-11-04T02:55:08.000Z
Shipping Cost: 5 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Circulated/Uncirculated: Circulated
Composition: Silver
Year: 1954
Features: Commemorative
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Variety: Washington
Certification: Uncertified
