

United States
½ Dollar (Monroe Doctrine Centennial)
United States · Silver
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The Monroe Doctrine Centennial Half Dollar — Hollywood's Coin
In 1923, the U.S. Mint struck a half dollar to honor a 100-year-old foreign policy. The real reason it exists has almost nothing to do with diplomacy — and almost everything to do with Hollywood trying to clean up its image.
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