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½ Dollar (George Washington)

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The 1982 Washington Half Dollar: The Coin That Broke a 28-Year Silence

For 28 years, the United States struck no commemorative coins at all. In 1982, that silence ended with a half dollar honoring George Washington — and for the first time since 1964, the Mint poured real silver into a coin.

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