1935 S 50 CENTS SAN DIEGO PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION.....Estate Find

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1935 S 50 CENTS SAN DIEGO PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION.
Estate Find
United States of America
1935 California Pacific International Exposition
Silver Half Dollar 30mm (12.50 grams) Distribution: 70,132
San Francisco Mint
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA HALF DOLLAR, Artistic rendition of the
California state seal
.
Minerva
sits with a spear in her right hand a shield with the state motto âeurekaâ above the head of
Medusa
. Also there is a
California grizzly bear
to Minerva's right and in the background there is a ship and a miner; all symbols of California.
CALIFORNIA PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION, the dome and tower of the Museum of Man in Balboa Park; SAN DIEGO in field to left; 1935 in field to right; IN GOD WE TRUST below.
By the approval of Congress on May 3, 1935, the coining of these souvenir half dollars was done for the exposition. This coin was designed by Robert Aitken. The 1935 issue was struck at the San Francisco Mint, and the 1936 (under Recoinage Act of May 6, 1936) was at the Denver Mint.
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The
California Pacific International Exposition
was an
exposition
held in
San Diego, California
during May 29, 1935âNovember 11, 1935 and February 12, 1936âSeptember 9, 1936. The exposition was held in
Balboa Park
, San Diego's large central
urban park
, which had also been the site of the earlier
Panama-California Exposition
in 1915.