United States
½ Dollar (Cincinnati Music Center)
United States · Silver
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The story
The Cincinnati Music Center Half Dollar
In 1936, the U.S. Mint struck a half dollar to mark Cincinnati's "50th anniversary as a center of music." There was no such anniversary. The coin was the work of one man who wanted to control a rare issue and get rich — and it remains one of the most notorious coins in American numismatics.
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