United States
½ Dollar (Iowa Centennial)
United States · Silver
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The story
The 1946 Iowa Centennial Half Dollar
By 1946, Congress had nearly killed off the commemorative coin — too many states had gamed the program for profit. Then Iowa proved it could be done right: one coin, one year, one price, sold by Iowans to Iowans, and sold out almost overnight.
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