½ Dollar (Mt. Rushmore) obverse½ Dollar (Mt. Rushmore) reverse
United States

½ Dollar (Mt. Rushmore)

United States · Copper

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The 1991 Mount Rushmore Half Dollar

In 1991, the United States put its most famous cliff face on a fifty-cent coin — fifty years after the last blast of dynamite finished the carving. On the back, it added a buffalo, a quiet nod to the West the four presidents are still watching over.

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