½ Dollar - San Diego (California-Pacific Exposition)
United States · 1935–1936 · Silver
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The coin
The San Diego Half Dollar — a world's fair coin most people refused to buy
In 1935 San Diego threw a world's fair and minted a silver half dollar to pay for it. The coin was lovely. The sales were dismal. Tens of thousands were melted, re-struck with a new date, and offered again — and flopped a second time. The survivors are some of the most affordable classic commemoratives a newcomer can own.
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Live on eBay — 1936 · grade 63
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