½ Dollar (Wisconsin Territorial Centennial) obverse½ Dollar (Wisconsin Territorial Centennial) reverse
United States

½ Dollar (Wisconsin Territorial Centennial)

United States · Silver

The coin

The story

The Wisconsin Territorial Centennial Half Dollar

In 1936 Wisconsin minted 25,000 silver half dollars to celebrate its hundredth birthday — and then watched them sit on the shelf. The party was over before the coins were ready, and the state was still selling leftovers two decades later.

Read the full story